Min Lines not working when inputType is given in android

Question

Anybody have come across with this situation. I need to show minimum 4 lines for edittext and when minLines given itworks fine But when add inputType tag to it , Min Lines fails..

          <EditText
                android:id="@+id/my_review_review_text"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
                android:inputType="textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect"
                android:background="@drawable/rect"
                android:gravity="top|left"
                android:hint="Add a review"
                android:maxLines="5"
                android:minLines="4"
                android:padding="10dp" />

Please correct me if am wrong and provide me a solution....

score 30 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 23 '15 at 13:37

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You can use android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine|textAutoCorrect"

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/notes_box"
        android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine|textAutoCorrect"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/notes_title"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:padding="9dp"
        android:lines="5"
        android:gravity="top|left"
        android:maxLength="500"
        android:textColor="@color/gray"/>

edited Apr 23 '15 at 13:37

Piyush

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answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:29

Shailesh

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Have you used android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine|textAutoCorrect" – Shailesh Apr 23 '15 at 13:32
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yes...textMultiline works... can you explain me why this fails "android:inputType="textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect"" – GvSharma Apr 23 '15 at 13:34
| is a pipe operator. It concats all the option you are providing. the "textCapSentences|textMultiLine|textAutoCorrect" means the flags textCapSentences and textMultiLine and textAutoCorrect are on for inputType – Shailesh Apr 23 '15 at 13:36

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:54

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Try it..

      <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"/>

answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:54

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 23 '15 at 14:54

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This line has been removed

android:inputType = "textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect"

edited Apr 23 '15 at 14:54

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answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:40

Mstack

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oh..i need that and by adding "textMultiline" for inPutType using pipe operator we can achieve that – GvSharma Apr 23 '15 at 13:42

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 16 '17 at 13:50

You can achieve this by simply adding inputType as MultiLine along with other inputTypes

<EditText
            android:id="@+id/comment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            
            android:inputType="textMultiLine|textNoSuggestions"
            android:minLines="6"
            android:focusable="true"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
            android:gravity="top"
            android:padding="5dp"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            />

Min Lines not working when inputType is given in android

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