I need an EditText
that looks like this onError:
calling onError looks like this instead :
Note: the app is running on SDK 19 (4.4.2)
min SDK is 1
Is there a method similar to setError that does this automatically, or do I have to write the code for it ?
Thank you
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android
android-edittext
TextInputLayout til = (TextInputLayout)editText.getParent();
til.setErrorEnabled(true);
til.setError("some error..");
Your EditText
should be wrapped in a TextInputLayout
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/tilEmail">
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:ems="10"
android:id="@+id/etEmail"
android:hint="Email"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
To get an error message like you wanted, set error to TextInputLayout
TextInputLayout tilEmail = (TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.tilEmail);
if (error){
tilEmail.setError("Invalid email id");
}
You should add design support library dependency. Add this line in your gradle dependencies
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
If anybody still facing the error with using google's design library as mentioned in the answer then, please use this as commented by @h_k which is -
Instead of calling setError on TextInputLayout, You might be using setError on EditText itself.
private EditText edt_firstName;
private String firstName;
edt_firstName = findViewById(R.id.edt_firstName);
private void validateData() {
firstName = edt_firstName.getText().toString().trim();
if (!firstName.isEmpty(){
//here api call for ....
}else{
if (firstName.isEmpty()) {
edt_firstName.setError("Please Enter First Name");
edt_firstName.requestFocus();
}
}
}
Call myTextInputLayout.setError()
instead of myEditText.setError()
.
These container and containment have double functionality on setting errors. Functionality you need is container's one. But you could require minimal version of 23 for that.
reVerse's answer is great but it didn't point out how to remove the floating error tooltip kind of thing
You'll need edittext.setError(null)
to remove that.
Also, as someone pointed out, you don't need TextInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(true)
Layout
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edittext"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter something" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
Code
TextInputLayout til = (TextInputLayout) editText.getParent();
til.setError("Your input is not valid...");
editText.setError(null);
Source: Stackoverflow.com