Consider the following. It's not the most elegant solution but it works, I just tested it.
Create a customized EditText
class CustomEditText.java
:
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class CustomEditText extends EditText
{
private Drawable dRight;
private Rect rBounds;
public CustomEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public CustomEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public CustomEditText(Context context) {
super(context);
}
@Override
public void setCompoundDrawables(Drawable left, Drawable top,
Drawable right, Drawable bottom)
{
if(right !=null)
{
dRight = right;
}
super.setCompoundDrawables(left, top, right, bottom);
}
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
{
if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP && dRight!=null)
{
rBounds = dRight.getBounds();
final int x = (int)event.getX();
final int y = (int)event.getY();
//System.out.println("x:/y: "+x+"/"+y);
//System.out.println("bounds: "+bounds.left+"/"+bounds.right+"/"+bounds.top+"/"+bounds.bottom);
//check to make sure the touch event was within the bounds of the drawable
if(x>=(this.getRight()-rBounds.width()) && x<=(this.getRight()-this.getPaddingRight())
&& y>=this.getPaddingTop() && y<=(this.getHeight()-this.getPaddingBottom()))
{
//System.out.println("touch");
this.setText("");
event.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL);//use this to prevent the keyboard from coming up
}
}
return super.onTouchEvent(event);
}
@Override
protected void finalize() throws Throwable
{
dRight = null;
rBounds = null;
super.finalize();
}
}
Change your layout XML to this (where com.example
is your actual project package name):
<com.example.CustomEditText
android:id="@+id/txtsearch"
…
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="@layout/shape"
android:hint="Enter place,city,state"
android:drawableRight="@drawable/cross"
/>
Finally, add this (or something similar) to your activity:
…
CustomEditText et = (CustomEditText) this.findViewById(R.id.txtsearch);
…
I might be a bit off with the calculation of the touch bounds for the nested drawable but you get the idea.
I hope this helps.