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Android: How to do something after user clicks on my EditText

Answer 1

+1 A:

It sounds like you don't want the user to actually be able to type in the EditText. You just want them to be able to pick a time via a time picker. So why not just a button that pops up a TimePickerDialog? You could display the time that was picked in a TextView.

Or you could just replace the EditText view with a TimePicker view (not a dialog, just a regular view).

mbaird 2010-01-22 17:23:11

I want to use EditText only because it looks much nicer in my app than a button. I know I could achieve the same effect by using a button with appropriate drawables but just using edittext is simpler (I don't have to create the drawables etc.)

fhucho 2010-01-22 17:54:42

Just a note... you wouldn't have to really create any drawables, just tell the button to use the EditText's drawables.

fiXedd 2010-01-22 18:13:28

In this case, try android:editable="false" on your EditText view. You should still be able to capture onClick events, but since it's not editable the soft keyboard shouldn't pop up.

mbaird 2010-01-22 18:38:34

Using Button with custom drawable and a few xml attributes was very simple after all, thanks for help.

fhucho 2010-01-22 22:13:31

Answer 2

A:

If I understand correctly you just need something like

<EditText android:text="@+id/EditText01" android:id="@+id/EditText01"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:clickable="true" android:inputType="none" />

not editable and clickable. Set the OnClickListener and you're done. In theory, in the practice you should add too

android:editable="false"

which is deprecated but does the trick.

dtmilano 2010-01-22 19:48:25

Unfortunately this doesn't work...

fhucho 2010-01-22 21:54:49

Worked for me. What's the problem ?

dtmilano 2010-01-22 22:11:47

With your code the keyboard doesn't open but it still calls my onClick() on the second click, not on the first. I tested it on Android 2.0.1 and my app has minSdk 3.

fhucho 2010-01-24 10:09:41

Answer 3

A:

I solved this by using a customized Button like this:

<Button android:id="@+id/btTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="test" android:textSize="20dp"
android:background="@android:drawable/edit_text" />

fhucho 2010-01-22 22:14:53

Answer 4

+1 A:

Unlike most other controls, EditTexts are focusable while the system is in 'touch mode'. The first click event focuses the control, while the second click event actually fires the OnClickListener. If you disable touch-mode focus with the android:focusableInTouchMode View attribute, the OnClickListener should fire as expected.

<EditText android:text="@+id/EditText01" android:id="@+id/EditText01"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />

Kai 2010-02-17 22:39:17

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