Done is not working in softKeyboard in Autocomplete TextView in android

Question

I have One AutocompleTextView and I want to make the virtual keyboard disappear when he hits "DONE" at the AutocompleTextView. So far, the buttons "NEXT"/"DONE" do nothing at all. Any ideas?

Can you post the code/xml declaring the AutoCompleteTextView. — Robby Pond, Jun 24 '10 at 12:36

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited May 30 '14 at 06:06

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Add this Property to your AutoCompleteTextView in xml:

android:imeOptions="actionDone"

edited May 30 '14 at 06:06

Bhavin Nattar

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answered Sep 13 '11 at 08:51

fasttrack

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android:inputType="text" was also required in order for it to work properly for me – brassmookie Sep 21 '22 at 20:53

Rahul Jain · Answer 2 · 2016-07-20T14:31:04.093

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The following works for all the Views which support imeOptions; for instance EditText, TextView, AutocompleteTextView, etc.

In your xml:

<autocompleteTextView

inputType = "text"
imeOptions = "actionDone"
/>

In Java:

autocomplete = (AutoCompleteTextView) issueDetailView.findViewById(R.id.yourId);
autocomplete.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
               if(actionId== EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
                  //do Whatever you Want to do
               }
                return true;
            }
        });

edited Jul 20 '16 at 14:31

answered Feb 16 '16 at 08:18

Rahul Jain

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problem with this is that i cannot get it to have more then one line of text, both `android:minLines` and `android:lines` dont work with this solution for me. – Kostyantin2216 Apr 14 '17 at 13:14
I'd like to point out that inputType = "text" is necessary for imeOption to work. I didn't have it and was seing the return button – jack_the_beast Mar 21 '22 at 15:13

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 21 '17 at 09:01

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Just add the following on yours XML layout file:

  android:imeOptions="actionDone"
  android:singleLine="true"

edited Jul 21 '17 at 09:01

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answered Nov 01 '15 at 05:15

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I think this may be a bug in Android, something to do with backward compatibility or even maybe device specific. IME options won't work without single line (depreciated), even when max-lines is specified. – micwallace Oct 30 '16 at 13:05
What if we want multiline enable? – Kishan Solanki Apr 10 '18 at 05:59
by default autocompletetextview singleline property remains false that's why when just put android:imeOptions="actionDone" the soft keyboard doesn't work – Ayan Bhattacharjee May 12 '21 at 06:22

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 21 '17 at 09:01

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Check android:imeOptions attribute.

edited Jul 21 '17 at 09:01

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answered Jun 25 '10 at 13:00

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 21 '21 at 18:39

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In my case android:imeOptions only works if i set android:inputType which is

android:inputType="textAutoComplete" android:imeOptions="actionDone"

answered Aug 21 '21 at 18:39

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Done is not working in softKeyboard in Autocomplete TextView in android

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