imeOption="actionNext" not working in TextInputLayout

Question

I am using floating hint from material design. I want to shift focus from one EditText to the next, So I have put imeOptions="actionNext" in all editTexts and imeOptions="actionDone in the last EditText. But focus is not shifting to next EditText.

Below is the snippet of my xml.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/streetWrapper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/TextInputStyle">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Street/Locality *"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:maxLines="1"/>

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/flatWrapper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_10sdp"
    android:theme="@style/TextInputStyle">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Building Name / Flat Number*"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:maxLines="1"/>

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

try putting android:imeOptions="actionNext" to TextInputLayout — sapan ravani, May 04 '17 at 09:22

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 02 '22 at 15:59

19

You should add android:imeOptions="actionNext" in EditText section.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/streetWrapper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/TextInputStyle">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:inputType="text"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

edited Feb 02 '22 at 15:59

hiddeneyes02

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answered May 04 '17 at 09:29

IntelliJ Amiya

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there is no attribute as ` android:imeOptions=""` in TextnputLayout. – rajat44 May 04 '17 at 10:39
yeah same thing . basically `imeOptions` is not an attribute . – rajat44 May 04 '17 at 10:43
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sorry sorry , add `android:inputType="text"` and `android:imeOptions="actionNext"`in your EditText section – IntelliJ Amiya May 04 '17 at 10:45
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ohh it's working fine now. `android:inputType` did the work. So what I get is all the EditTexts should have `inputType` as their attribute. Thanks – rajat44 May 04 '17 at 11:01
If you want more than one line, it is not necessary to add android:maxLines="1" , for example if it is a TextInputLayoutBox: With android:inputType="text" android:imeOptions="actionDone" It's enough – Emmanuelguther Nov 16 '18 at 23:10
@IntelliJAmiya How to hide soft keyboard after hit ```actionDone```? – Ganesh MB Jul 05 '21 at 17:26

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '17 at 11:02

Add attribute android:inputType="text" to your EditText.

Try this:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/streetWrapper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Street/Locality *"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:inputType="text"/>

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/flatWrapper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_10sdp">

    <EditText

        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Building Name / Flat Number*"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:inputType="text"/>

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Derayan Bima Alamsyah31 · Answer 3 · 2019-04-16T17:24:35.793

You should add android:inputType="text" on section Tag

If you not adding inputType imeOption is not work

Try this :

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/dimens_16dp">

                    <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
                        android:id="@+id/et_impian"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:hint="@string/text_fill_your_dream_here"
                        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
                        android:inputType="text"
                        android:backgroundTint="@color/color_green_manulife"/>

                </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '20 at 15:22

In my case I had to also add android:nextFocusForward="@id/secondInput". Make sure you are adding id's on TextInputEditText and not on TextInputLayout.

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="First input">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/firstInput"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:nextFocusForward="@id/secondInput">

        <requestFocus />
    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Second input">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/secondInput"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:maxLines="1" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

imeOption="actionNext" not working in TextInputLayout

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