How to set text for EditText control when its inputType is number

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How to set text programmatically for EditText control when its inputType is number ?

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/WorkingHoursET"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:textColor="@color/white"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/WorkingHoursTV"
    android:layout_below="@+id/WorkingHoursTV"
    android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="number" />


    EditText workedHours = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.WorkedHoursET);
    workedHours.setText(8); //this is not working
    workedHours.setText("8"); //neither this

i guess this is because you are passing wrong id WorkedHoursET insteaD OF WorkingHoursET — Shailendra Singh Rajawat, Sep 16 '13 at 13:38

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Try with

workedHours.setText("8", BufferType.EDITABLE);

If you check the docs for EditText, you'll find a setText() method. It takes in a String and a TextView.BufferType.

NOTE : As Shailendra Singh Rajawat noted you might using wrong id of EditText. You should look into that too. That code should be

EditText workedHours = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.WorkingHoursET);

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 16 '13 at 13:37

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