Disable Enter in editText android

Question

I have an EditText but I want only one line. I put lime this

<item name="android:maxLines">1</item>
<item name="android:minLines">1</item>
<item name="android:lines">1</item>

but doesn't work.

See my code:

<LinearLayout style="@style/linearInputEntryText">
    <LinearLayout  style="@style/subLinearLayout">
        <TextView style="@style/label" android:text="Last Name" android:id="@+id/textView2"/>
        <EditText style="@style/editTextEntryName" android:id="@+id/lastName"/>
    </LinearLayout>
    <View style="@style/linearInputEntryBlack" > </View>
</LinearLayout>

and styles:

<style name="editTextEntryName" parent="editTextEntry">
    <item name="android:maxLines">1</item>
    <item name="android:minLines">1</item>
    <item name="android:lines">1</item>
    <item name="android:layout_gravity">left</item>
</style>

android:singleLine is deprecated it's not a good practice using it — Gabriella Angelova, Aug 12 '15 at 12:36
@GabriellaAngelova Can you give any official reference where you found this information? — Aritra Roy, Aug 12 '15 at 12:38
@AritraRoy you are right.I don't see any where, singleLine is deprecated — IntelliJ Amiya, Aug 12 '15 at 12:41

score 89 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '17 at 11:12

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android:maxLines="1" allows the text to be multiline but limits the height of edittext to display a single line.

If you want to disable the enter (new line) key, set the input type to text

    android:inputType="text"

answered Oct 27 '17 at 11:12

Shivam

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That is the correct answer! And also if you want to have multiline support use `android:inputType="textMultiLine"` – Reza Bigdeli Oct 24 '18 at 06:22
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Perfect! `android:singleLine` had been deprecated. – Tommy Nov 20 '19 at 16:54

score 57 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 08 '21 at 11:31

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Because of different Android versions, the best practice is to include these parameters at the same time:

         android:maxLines="1"
         android:lines="1"
         android:singleLine="true"

If you don't, it will not work correctly on some devices.

edited Sep 08 '21 at 11:31

Adam Varhegyi

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answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:36

Kelevandos

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These answers appear deprecated. What's imprecated is apparently a simple: `android:inputType="text"`, or one of its derivatives: `android:inputType="textCapWords"`. They clear the bit `InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE`, which is on by default. – Phlip Feb 18 '20 at 23:15
This doesn't disable enter button – Tigran Babajanyan Jan 12 '21 at 17:10

Aritra Roy · Answer 3 · 2015-08-12T12:44:30.910

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Please use

android:singleLine="true"

instead of

    <item name="android:maxLines">1</item>
    <item name="android:minLines">1</item>
    <item name="android:lines">1</item>

That single attribute is enough to make your EditText accept only one line of text and disable the enter button.

UPDATE

Don't worry about this comment,

android:singleLine is deprecated it's not a good practice using it

This attributed is officially supported and is not deprecated in any possible way. And it is also guaranteed that this will work in all devices and on all Android versions.

edited Aug 12 '15 at 12:44

answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:34

Aritra Roy

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If your problem is solved, please upvote and accept it. – Aritra Roy Aug 12 '15 at 12:39
Is there any problem with my answer that it is not accepted? – Aritra Roy Aug 12 '15 at 13:31
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It is correct, but it is not true that the singleLine param should be used instead of the others you listed. They all should be used together or the TextView will behave incorrectly on selected devices. I have seen it firsthand, it is not a 'maybe' warning. – Kelevandos Aug 12 '15 at 19:19
@AritraRoy now singleLine is working with me and max lines not, what is that I need to understand? a deprecated wtt is working and a functional one not. Do you have an idea about that ? – Muhammed Refaat Apr 03 '18 at 11:09
you can delete this answer – user924 Feb 26 '19 at 13:18

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 12 '15 at 14:55

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You may use

<EditText 
   ......
   android:imeOptions="actionNext" OR "actionDone" />

answered Aug 12 '15 at 14:55

Abdul Rahman Majeed

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Could you elaborate more? What are you trying to accomplish, and why does this solution work? – SMBiggs Oct 07 '17 at 17:46

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered May 11 '20 at 06:48

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Use xml attribute

<EditText
    ......
    android:inputType="text" />

answered May 11 '20 at 06:48

Jorge Castro

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Roshan · Answer 6 · 2019-07-02T13:21:43.997

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This worked for me,

by setting onKeyListener for the editText in my onCreateView -

editText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
            return (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER);
        }
});

Edit: this may not work if you are using Android default keyboard

edited Jul 02 '19 at 13:21

answered Jul 01 '19 at 16:01

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IntelliJ Amiya · Answer 7 · 2015-08-12T12:42:45.950

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Use android:singleLine=true instead android:maxLines=1

Please read about singleLine

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:singleLine

edited Aug 12 '15 at 12:42

answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:37

IntelliJ Amiya

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android:singleLine is deprecated now – Cyb3rKo Dec 05 '20 at 17:49

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:42

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Or if you wanna use java you could do this:

    edittext1.setSingleLine();

answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:42

LukaxH

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:37

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use android:singleLine="true" property

     <EditText 
       ......
       android:singleLine="true"
       android:id="@+id/lastName"/>

answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:37

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score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 19 '17 at 14:08

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You can set the input type to textEmailSubject. I head the same issue and it solve it!

answered Oct 19 '17 at 14:08

The Dude

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