EditText onClickListener in Android

Question

I want an EditText which creates a DatePicker when is pressed  So I write the following code       mEditInit    EditText  findViewById R id date init       mEditInit setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View v                showDialog DATEINIT DIALOG                        But when I press the EditText the action is the typical  a cursor waiting for typing text instead show the Dialog I want

User · Answer

Here is what worked for me

Set editable to false

<EditText android:id="@+id/dob"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Date of Birth"
android:inputType="none"
android:editable="false"

/>

Then add an event listener for OnFocusChange

private  View.OnFocusChangeListener onFocusChangeDOB= new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {

@Override
 public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
   if (hasFocus){
     showDialog(DATE_DIALOG_ID);
   }
 }
};

User · Answer

This Works For me   mEditInit    EditText  findViewById R id date init   mEditInit setKeyListener null   mEditInit setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener              Override         public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus                if hasFocus                                mEditInit callOnClick                                    mEditInit setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick View v            showDialog DATEINIT DIALOG

User · Answer

The problem with solutions using OnFocusChangeListener is that they interpret any focus gain as a click  This is not 100  correct  your EditText might gain focus from something else than a click  If you strictly care about click and want to detect click consistently  regardless of focus   you can use a GestureDetector  editText setOnConsistentClickListener      do something       fun EditText setOnConsistentClickListener doOnClick   View  - gt  Unit        val gestureDetector   GestureDetectorCompat context  object   GestureDetector SimpleOnGestureListener             override fun onSingleTapUp event  MotionEvent    Boolean               doOnClick this setOnConsistentClickListener              return false                       this setOnTouchListener      motionEvent - gt  gestureDetector onTouchEvent motionEvent

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The following works perfectly for me   First set your date picker widget s input to  none  to prevent the soft keyboard from popping up    lt EditText android inputType  none       gt  lt  EditText gt    Then add these event listeners to show the dialog containing the date picker      Date picker EditText dateEdit    EditText  findViewById R id date   dateOfBirthEdit setOnTouchListener new OnTouchListener          Override     public boolean onTouch View v  MotionEvent event            if  event getAction      MotionEvent ACTION UP                showDialog DIALOG DATE PICKER                     return false             dateEdit setOnFocusChangeListener new OnFocusChangeListener           Override     public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus            if  hasFocus                showDialog DIALOG DATE PICKER             else               dismissDialog DIALOG DATE PICKER                         One last thing  To make sure typed days  months  or years are correctly copied from the date picker  call datePicker clearFocus   before retrieving the values  for instance via getMonth

User · Answer

I had this same problem  The code is fine but make sure you change the focusable value of the EditText to false    lt EditText android id    id date  android focusable  false   gt    I hope this helps anyone who has had a similar problem

User · Answer

The keyboard seems to pop up when the EditText gains focus  To prevent this  set focusable to false    lt EditText             android focusable  false            gt    This behavior can vary on different manufacturers  Android OS flavors  but on the devices I ve tested I have found this to to be sufficient  If the keyboard still pops up  using hints instead of text seems to help as well   myEditText setText  My text          instead of this    myEditText setHint  My text          try this   Once you ve done this  your on click listener should work as desired   myEditText setOnClickListener new OnClickListener

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Nice topic  Well  I have done so  In XML file    lt EditText             android editable  false      android inputType  none    gt    In Java-code   txtDay setOnClickListener onOnClickEvent   txtDay setOnFocusChangeListener onFocusChangeEvent    private View OnClickListener onOnClickEvent   new View OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick View view            dpDialog show             private View OnFocusChangeListener onFocusChangeEvent   new View OnFocusChangeListener          Override     public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus            if  hasFocus              dpDialog show

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Why did not anyone mention setOnTouchListener  Using setOnTouchListener is easy and all right  and just return true if the listener has consumed the event  false otherwise

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Default working of EditText  On first click it focuses and on second click it handles onClickListener so you need to disable focus  Then on first click the onClickListener will handle   To do that you need to add this android focusableInTouchMode  false  attribute to your EditText  That s it   Something like this        lt EditText         android id    id editText          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android focusableInTouchMode  false          android inputType  text    gt

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Normally  you want maximum compatibility with EditText s normal behaviour   So you should not use android focusable  false  as  yes  the view will just not be focusable anymore which looks bad  The background drawable will not show its  pressed  state anymore  for example   What you should do instead is the following   myEditText setInputType InputType TYPE NULL   myEditText setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick View v               showMyDialog              myEditText setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener          Override     public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus            if  hasFocus                   showMyDialog                          By setting the input type to TYPE NULL  you prevent the software keyboard from popping up   By setting the OnClickListener and OnFocusChangeListener  you make sure that your dialog will always open when the user clicks into the EditText field  both when it gains focus  first click  and on subsequent clicks   Just setting android inputType  none  or setInputType InputType TYPE NULL  is not always enough  For some devices  you should set android editable  false  in XML as well  although it is deprecated  If it does not work anymore  it will just be ignored  as all XML attributes that are not supported

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If you use OnClick action on EditText like     java   mEditInit    EditText  findViewById R id date init   mEditInit setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick View v            showDialog DATEINIT DIALOG                or kotlin   editTextChooseDate setOnClickListener           showDialog DATEINIT DIALOG          So  it will work perfectly if you put into xml of your EditText the following lines       android inputType  none    android focusable  false    android cursorVisible  false    For example        lt EditText             android id    id date init               android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android text                android hint  Select Date              android inputType  none              android focusable  false              android cursorVisible  false   gt    or for  MaterialDesign   lt com google android material textfield TextInputLayout         android id    id layoutEditTextChooseDate          app layout constraintStart toStartOf  parent          app layout constraintEnd toEndOf  parent  gt        lt com google android material textfield TextInputEditText             android id    id date init               android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android text                android hint  Select Date              android inputType  none              android focusable  false                                    android cursorVisible  false   gt    lt  com google android material textfield TextInputLayout gt

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As Dillon Kearns suggested  setting focusable to false works fine  But if your goal is to cancel the keyboard when EditText is clicked  you might want to use   mEditText setInputType 0

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Here is the solution I implemented  mPickDate setOnKeyListener new View OnKeyListener           Override     public boolean onKey View v  int keyCode  KeyEvent event            showDialog DATE DIALOG ID           return false              OR  mPickDate setOnFocusChangeListener new View OnFocusChangeListener           Override     public void onFocusChange View v  boolean hasFocus            showDialog DATE DIALOG ID                See the differences by yourself  Problem is since  like RickNotFred said  TextView to display the date  amp  edit via the DatePicker  TextEdit is not used for its primary purpose  If you want the DatePicker to re-pop up  you need to input delete  1st case  or de focus  2nd case    Ray

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IMHO I disagree with RickNotFred s statement       Popping a dialog when an EditText gets   focus seems like a non-standard   interface    Displaying a dialog to edit the date when the use presses the an EditText is very similar to the default  which is to display a keyboard or a numeric key pad   The fact that the date is displayed with the EditText signals to the user that the date may be changed   Displaying the date as a non-editable TextView signals to the user that the date may not be changed

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