StackOverflow2013

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals

PO
text
Body
copied!<p>This code will give you an Android EditText field that functions exactly like an iPhone UITextField with options for clearbuttonmode, leftview, rightview, leftviewmode, rightviewmode, UITextFieldViewModeNever, UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing, UITextFieldViewModeUnlessEditing, UITextFieldViewModeAlways</p> <pre><code> String value = "";//any text you are pre-filling in the EditText final String viewMode = "editing";//never | editing | unlessEditing | always final String viewSide = "right"; //left | right final EditText et = new EditText(this); et.setText(value); //your leftview, rightview or clearbuttonmode image. for clearbuttonmode this one from standard android images looks pretty good actually final Drawable x = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.presence_offline); x.setBounds(0, 0, x.getIntrinsicWidth(), x.getIntrinsicHeight()); Drawable x2 = viewMode.equals("never")?null:viewMode.equals("always")?x:viewMode.equals("editing")?(value.equals("") ? null : x):viewMode.equals("unlessEditing")?(value.equals("") ? x : null):null; et.setCompoundDrawables(viewSide.equals("left")?x2:null, null, viewSide.equals("right")?x2:null, null); et.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() { @Override public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) { if (et.getCompoundDrawables()[viewSide.equals("left")?0:2] == null) { return false; } if (event.getAction() != MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) { return false; } //x pressed if ((viewSide.equals("left")&&event.getX() < et.getPaddingLeft() + x.getIntrinsicWidth()) ||(viewSide.equals("right")&&event.getX() > et.getWidth() - et.getPaddingRight() - x.getIntrinsicWidth())) { Drawable x3 = viewMode.equals("never")?null:viewMode.equals("always")?x:viewMode.equals("editing")?null:viewMode.equals("unlessEditing")?x:null; et.setText(""); et.setCompoundDrawables(viewSide.equals("left")?x3:null, null, viewSide.equals("right")?x3:null, null); } return false; } }); et.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() { @Override public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { Drawable x4 = viewMode.equals("never")?null:viewMode.equals("always")?x:viewMode.equals("editing")?(et.getText().toString().equals("") ? null : x):viewMode.equals("unlessEditing")?(et.getText().toString().equals("") ? x : null):null; et.setCompoundDrawables(viewSide.equals("left")?x4:null, null, viewSide.equals("right")?x4:null, null); } @Override public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) { } @Override public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { } }); </code></pre>

Querying!

Guidance

An individual column

Larger individual text columns get their own page to allow for proper reading.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload