Can't disable predictive text

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I'm trying to disable predictive text for a given EditText, as explained here, but I still get the autocomplete by the prediction...

I've got a Samsung Galaxy S with XT9 enabled.

Anybody can help?

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/search_field"
    android:layout_width="300dp"
    android:layout_height="27dp"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_searchfield"
    android:hint="@string/search_hint"
    android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
    android:inputType="text|textNoSuggestions|textFilter"/>

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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A comment from this SO question suggests that the xml attribute doesn't work for some models, but that the java-method does work in these cases. So try this:

edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

edit:

As suggested in the comment below, here's an xml alternative that has worked:

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered May 08 '12 at 08:44

keyser

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I had to set android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword". I'll accept your answer for the pointer to the answer. Thanks. – jul May 08 '12 at 08:55
I tried with mEt_text.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD); and it worked for me. – Ankit Jan 03 '14 at 13:47
This answer has its tradeoff. Try to erase a letter from the end of the text after using this method. You have to longpress the erase key and when it starts erasing, it erases all the text. – Maxime Claude Jan 25 '17 at 19:27
same as just textVisiblePassword – Leo DroidCoder Aug 25 '17 at 23:27
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it doesn't work if you wanna show textCapCharacters|textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword" – rafaelasguerra Oct 15 '19 at 14:09
This will cause issues with multilingual keyboards. – sanjeeb May 07 '20 at 06:14
still doesn't work for me, android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textCapCharacters|textVisiblePassword" – ozanurkan Oct 11 '21 at 12:08

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 12:54

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword"

This solution works but you have to be careful with it. You cannot switch keyboard language on HTC devices (probably the reason is in Sense keyboard) if the flag textVisiblePassword is set.

So I had to set InputType from the code and to write something like this:

    public static int getInputTypeForNoSuggestsInput() {
    if (android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER.equalsIgnoreCase("Samsung")) {
        return InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS
                | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD;
    } else {
        return InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS;
    }

Works for me. Is there need of add above if condition. – arshad shaikh Feb 24 '17 at 09:30 — arshad shaikh, Feb 24 '17 at 09:30

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '18 at 10:56

The only solution that worked for me to see the right font on hint and on text using the Calligraphy library is:

Set your password EditText in your xml with android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword"
Configure your EditText programmatically with: passwordET.transformationMethod = PasswordTransformationMethod()

This will:

Show the correct font on hint
Show the correct font on text
Show the correct font if you've got a TextInputLayout
Will not show suggestion or predictions in your keyboard.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 15 '20 at 11:24

Most of the solutions given above didnt work for me. So I did a workaround.

Create a InputFilter with the below in the filter method:

for (char ch:BLOCKED_CHARACTER_SET.toCharArray()){
                if (source != null && source.toString().contains(ch+"")) {
                    return "";
                }
            }

Here BLOCKED_CHARACTER_SET is a string which contains the characters which we wanna block.

Then set the edittext

editText.setFilters(new InputFilter[]{filterUsername, new InputFilter.LengthFilter(LENGTH)});

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 05 '21 at 07:18

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If you need this for password field and still need characters masking:

inputType = InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS
transformationMethod = PasswordTransformationMethod()

answered Oct 05 '21 at 07:18

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