textCapWords is not working for Samsung keyboard

Question

Here is my EditText, textCapWords is not working for Samsung keypad. (Samsung S4). is there any workaround?

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"
        android:inputType="textCapWords"
        android:maxLength="15"
        android:padding="12dp"
        android:textSize="20sp" />

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:01

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Did you try programatically?

youredttxt.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS);

OR

android:inputType="textCapWords|textCapSentences"

OR

AFAIK this one is deprecated but i don't know will it work or not,but you can try,

android:capitalize="words"

answered Jul 27 '16 at 12:01

Aditya Vyas-Lakhan

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I had the same problem, resulting in indicating the `android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine"` did not work but finally indicating the same programmatically it worked. – francas Jul 16 '23 at 05:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 10:47

Can try this ... worked for me ...

android:inputType="textCapWords"

Or

android:inputType="textCapSentences"

Or

android:inputType="textCapWords"

For Samsung S5/S7 there is additional settings in settings named "Auto Capitalize" for making first charterer in Caps.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 08:48

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With android:inputType="textCapWords", you can change your each first letter of word in the sentence. But maybe you change your keyboard to custom before, you should go to setting and change your keyboard to default. Hope this help you.

answered Oct 10 '19 at 08:48

Danh Danh

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user5607081 · Answer 4 · 2016-07-27T11:38:13.667

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Try this in XML:

android:textAllCaps="true"

edited Jul 27 '16 at 11:38

answered Jul 27 '16 at 11:33

user5607081

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txtAllCaps and textCapWords are diffrent things – Aditya Vyas-Lakhan Jul 27 '16 at 12:03
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textCapCharacters stopped working on Android 7 Samsung keyboard. So you get a vote from me even though not exactly what was asked for :) – Moth May 25 '17 at 01:23

Arjun saini · Answer 5 · 2016-07-27T11:56:49.067

Used this Some devices Keyboard does n't support the capWords or disable to setting

this code Edittext each word first letter capital

 youredittext.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {

        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
            String capitalizedText = WordUtils.capitalize(youredittext.getText().toString());
            if (!capitalizedText.equals(youredittext.getText().toString())) {
                youredittext.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
                    int mStart = 0;
                    @Override
                    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
                        mStart = start + count;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
                        youredittext.setSelection(mStart);
                        youredittext.removeTextChangedListener(this);
                    }
                });
                youredittext.setText(capitalizedText);
            }
        }
    });

Download the jar to import the WordUtils

https://www.dropbox.com/s/olfjyhfrghxvfs2/orgwordutils.jar?dl=0

textCapWords is not working for Samsung keyboard

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