Reputation: 1043

How to disable EditText in Android

How can I disable typing in an EditText field in Android?

Upvotes: 92

Answers (18)

Gabriel Negut

Reputation: 13960

In code:

editText.setEnabled(false);

Kotlin:

editText.isEnabled = false

Or, in XML:

android:enabled="false"

Upvotes: 49

Maksym Kalin

Reputation: 1713

You can try the following method :

private void disableEditText(EditText editText) {
    editText.setFocusable(false);
    editText.setEnabled(false);
    editText.setCursorVisible(false);
    editText.setKeyListener(null);
    editText.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT); 
}

Enabled EditText :

Enabled EditText

Disabled EditText :

Disabled EditText

It works for me and hope it helps you.

Upvotes: 15

Thomas Vt

Reputation: 1

try this Kotlin code,

editField.isEnabled = !editField.isEnabled

Upvotes: 0

Kumar Kundanani

Reputation: 13

Set inputType attribute to none in your layout.xml file under EditText

Upvotes: 0

Nuwan Bandara

Reputation: 1

Right click the text area and untick the editable option:

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Upvotes: -2

Brugui

Reputation: 574

The XML editable property is deprecated since API LEVEL 15.

You should use now the inputType property with the value none. But there is a bug that makes this functionality useless.

Here you can follow the issue status.

Upvotes: 1

Danylo Volokh

Reputation: 4285

Enable:

private void enableEditText() {
    mEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    mEditText.setFocusable(true);
    mEditText.setEnabled(true);
}

Disable:

private void disableEditText() {
    mEditText.setEnabled(false);
    mEditText.setFocusable(false);
    mEditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
}

Upvotes: 6

saigopi.me

Reputation: 14918

Edittext edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit);
edittext.setEnabled(false);

Upvotes: 7

ramit girdhar

Reputation: 2412

Just set focusable property of your edittext to "false" and you are done.

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/EditTextInput"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:gravity="right"
        android:cursorVisible="true">
    </EditText>

Below options doesn't work

In code:

editText.setEnabled(false); Or, in XML: android:editable="false"

Upvotes: 12

Nimisha Patel

Reputation: 31

According to me...if you have already declared the edittext in the XML file and set the property in the XML file "android:enabled=false" and disable at runtime to it at that time in java file adding only 2 or 3 lines

First create the object
Declare EditText et1;
Get by id

et1 = (EditText) FindViewById(R.id.edittext1);
et1.setEnabled(false);

You can do enable or disable to every control at run time by java file and design time by XML file.

Upvotes: 1

Midhun

Reputation: 469

I think its a bug in android..It can be fixed by adding this patch :)
Check these links question 1 and question 2

Hope it will be useful.

Upvotes: 43

Gimer

Reputation: 13

Write this in parent:

android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Example:

<RelativeLayout 
android:id="@+id/menu_2_zawezanie_rl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/menu_2_horizontalScrollView"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="@drawable/rame">

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/menu2_et"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/menu2_ibtn"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:hint="@string/filtruj" >
</EditText>
<ImageButton
    android:id="@+id/menu2_ibtn"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:background="@null"
    android:src="@drawable/selector_btn" />

Upvotes: 0

Kumar Sukhani

Reputation: 407

edittext.setFocusable(false); 
edittext.setEnabled(false);

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
  getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);

imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(edittext.getWindowToken(), 0);
  //removes on screen keyboard

Upvotes: 2