How can I get the value from EditText in android?

Question

I'm having one EditText in android in which I want the user to enter the text I'll store the db. But, here I am not able to get the value from EditText.

Here is my code,

EditText etUserInfoNewValue = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.etUserInfoNewVal);    
String newValue = etUserInfoNewValue.getText().toString().trim();

How can I get the value from this EditText?

provide logs of the issue. Check if the text you are trying to get from is there in the edittext. — Gaurav Navgire, Dec 27 '12 at 08:31
you should use String newValue = etUserInfoNewValue.getText().toString().trim(); this line in button click listener not in oncreate .. before this check for null values. also. — itsrajesh4uguys, Dec 27 '12 at 08:32
post the code, where you are entering this value to the database. — Sahil Mahajan Mj, Dec 27 '12 at 08:34
So, you extract text right after you find the view ? interesting. — S.D., Dec 27 '12 at 08:36

MysticMagicϡ · Answer 1 · 2014-11-18T05:07:12.000

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Put

String newValue = etUserInfoNewValue.getText().toString().trim();

Inside the button's onClicklistener().

You have put this code in onCreate() just after declaring it, it won't have any value at all. So you will get null value.

edited Nov 18 '14 at 05:07

answered Dec 27 '12 at 08:32

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ridoy · Answer 2 · 2012-12-27T08:42:34.610

Works fine for me,Check on your case..

Button   buttonTest;  
EditText editText;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    buttonTest = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
    editText   = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edittext); //check this point carefully on your program

    buttonTest.setOnClickListener(
        new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            public void onClick(View view)
            {
                Log.v("EditText..", editText.getText().toString().trim());
            }
        });
}

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 09:06

May be you need TextView.OnEditorActionListener. BluetoothChat http://developer.android.com/tools/samples/index.html

//BluetoothChat.java:

// Initialize the compose field with a listener for the return key
EditText mOutEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_text_out);
mOutEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(mWriteListener);

// The action listener for the EditText widget, to listen for the return key
private TextView.OnEditorActionListener mWriteListener =
new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
public boolean onEditorAction(TextView view, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
    // If the action is a key-up event on the return key, send the message
    if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_NULL && event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
        String message = view.getText().toString();
        sendMessage(message);
    }
    if(D) Log.i(TAG, "END onEditorAction");
    return true;
}

};

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 08:32

When you will store the EditText String to Database. By seeing at your code it looks that you are immediately storing the Text in String newValue and then storing it in the Database. Change the code of String declaration to onClick() of your button or anything else.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 08:34

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Get value from editText,

String getValueEditText = "null";
if (etUserInfoNewValue.getText().toString().trim().length() > 0) {
    getValueEditText = etUserInfoNewValue.getText().toString().trim();
}

answered Dec 27 '12 at 08:34

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How can I get the value from EditText in android?

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