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Oto-obong Eshiett
Oto-obong Eshiett

Reputation: 1679

Why does PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher which i applied to an EditText not format made of concurrent 1's

I am using PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher on my editText fields I noticed that it does not format numbers which start with 11, but treats them as normal string. Why is this. And is there a work around to curb the issue ?

This is the XML:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:layout_weight="8">
            <!-- INPUT -->
            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/etMobile"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/dp_size_8"
                android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/dp_size_8"
                android:background="@null"
                android:ems="10"
                android:hint="@string/edt_mobile"
                android:inputType="phone"
                android:maxLength="14"
                android:paddingTop="@dimen/dp_size_2" />

        </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

This is the usage in the java activity:

etMobile.addTextChangedListener(new PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher());

The current local is

US

Expected number format is

1 222-222-2222

1 333-333-3333

But when a "1" follows after the initial "1", I get

11111111111111

Upvotes: 0

Views: 570

Answers (1)

Khangin
Khangin

Reputation: 11

It might be that numbers starting with 11 are not a recognized phone number for your given locale to PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher. In my case it was any number starting with 7, 6 or 2.

If you want a work around you can always make your own text watcher or make use of format number function of PhoneNumberUtils.

Upvotes: 1

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