Input type is not working properly

Question

I have certain number of edittexts in my activity and I specified each edittext with input type :"number" In order to show the keyboard only with numbers. when I click on the edittext initially it shows the keyboard with number after a fraction of second it changed to text keyboard.so I cannot types numbers directly.

Even though I've given android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" this to my activity. I don't know the reason why it is changed like that,

<EditText
  android:id="@+id/editText1"
  android:layout_width="200dp"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:textColor="@color/black"
  android:textSize="30dp"
  android:layout_weight="25"
  android:textAlignment="center"
  android:gravity="center_horizontal"
  android:inputType="numberDecimal"
       />

Thank you All for given response to my question I rectified the problem, when I removed these lines"android:textColor="@color/black" android:textSize="30dp" android:textAlignment="center" from my code keyboard worked properly Once again thank you All

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '21 at 20:56

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I had a same problem. Use in build.gradle: implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1' instead of implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.0' and android:inputType="number" will work.

answered Dec 11 '21 at 20:56

mcasdf

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Amit Vaghela · Answer 2 · 2016-09-19T06:54:36.633

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Change to

android:inputType="phone"
android:digits="0123456789"

For the EditText if we specify,

android:inputType="number"

only numbers can be got. But if you use,

android:inputType="phone"

along with the numbers it can accept special characters like ;,/". etc.

refer this https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:digits

edited Sep 19 '16 at 06:54

answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:41

Amit Vaghela

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:45

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Use "number" format :

android:inputType="number"

or Define the set you want to use (If using this avoid using inputType):

android:digits="0123456789"

answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:45

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:40

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You can use digits in your EditText like this to get input from keyboard only with numbers

android:digits="0123456789"

answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:40

Rahul Khurana

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Thanks for your reply,It is suddenly gets changed to text keyboard, Even though I specify your code. – lakshmi Sep 19 '16 at 06:45
Can you provide the name of device manufacture on which you are testing? – Rahul Khurana Sep 19 '16 at 06:49
I'm just checking in android emulator – lakshmi Sep 19 '16 at 06:50
give it a test on any android device and let me know if the issue is still not resolved – Rahul Khurana Sep 19 '16 at 06:51
I checked with my tablet it is be the same. – lakshmi Sep 19 '16 at 06:56
i wonder why this happens with you. i have tested the same code many times and it works perfectly. – Rahul Khurana Sep 19 '16 at 07:00
when I removed these lines"android:textColor="@color/black" android:textSize="30dp" android:textAlignment="center" from my code keyboard worked properly – lakshmi Sep 19 '16 at 07:15
@lakshmi Prefer giving text sizes using **sp** instead of **dp** . If my answer helps you upto some extent please accept it as answer and upvote. Thanks – Rahul Khurana Sep 19 '16 at 07:18

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:41

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You can use like this, (if you need dot and comma) otherwise remove it..

 <EditText
        android:inputType="number"
        android:digits="0123456789.," />

answered Sep 19 '16 at 06:41

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Input type is not working properly

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