Disable small character EditText InputType

Question

Is there any way to achieve like below image? I have an EditText and i want InputType is always Caps. I tried using this

android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

its working fine but when i press top Arrow icon from softkeyboard(shown in below image) and start typing text will be in small character. Is there any way to Disable the top arrow key?

Thanks

Ricardo · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-28T15:13:02.827

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You can do it through code as follow:

Applying UpperCase as the only filter to an EditText

Here we are setting the UpperCase filter as the only filter of the EditText. Notice that doing it this way you are removing all the previously added filters(maxLength, maxLines,etc).

editText.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

Adding UpperCase to the existing filters of an EditText

To keep the already applied filters of the EditText (let's say maxLines, maxLength, etc) you need to retrieve the applied filters, add the UpperCase filter to those filters, and set them back to the EditText. Here is an example how:

InputFilter[] editFilters = editText.getFilters();
InputFilter[] newFilters = new InputFilter[editFilters.length + 1];
System.arraycopy(editFilters, 0, newFilters, 0, editFilters.length);
newFilters[editFilters.length] = new InputFilter.AllCaps();  
editText.setFilters(newFilters);

edited Sep 28 '17 at 15:13

answered Sep 28 '17 at 13:17

Ricardo

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Glad to help. Mark the answer as correct if it solved your problem – Ricardo Sep 28 '17 at 13:37
@Ricardo does it not reflect the other properties which are define XML – UltimateDevil Sep 28 '17 at 13:40
check edited post. its full code. you only need to copy paste – Ricardo Sep 28 '17 at 13:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 14:28

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It works for me, Try this

edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[]{new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

answered Sep 28 '17 at 14:28

Shankar

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Setting the InputType followed by `setFilters` is pointless unless you retrieve the previous filters. This way that first line of code works pretty much as it is not there – Ricardo Sep 28 '17 at 15:13

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 13:16

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You can control to respond directly to keyboard input for user actions. Check this link

answered Sep 28 '17 at 13:16

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UltimateDevil · Answer 4 · 2017-09-28T13:43:06.763

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Yes you can set programmatically. Android has built-in IntentFilter for this.

you can achieve this by using following code-:

editText.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

But, there is an issue setFilters will reset all other attributes which were set via XML (like maxLines, inputType and other)

So, you need to set Filter like this,

InputFilter[] editFilters = <EditText>.getFilters();
InputFilter[] newFilters = new InputFilter[editFilters.length + 1];
System.arraycopy(editFilters, 0, newFilters, 0, editFilters.length);
newFilters[editFilters.length] = new InputFilter.AllCaps();  
//you can use another filter like for maxLength you can use
// newFilters[editFilters.length] = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(10);
<EditText>.setFilters(newFilters);

See here for information

This will work for you.

edited Sep 28 '17 at 13:43

answered Sep 28 '17 at 13:16

UltimateDevil

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what to put here – Geeta Gupta Sep 28 '17 at 13:24
like for max lenth `new InputFilter.LengthFilter(10);` – UltimateDevil Sep 28 '17 at 13:28
Your answer might be correct but its not working for me. Thank you for answer. – Geeta Gupta Sep 28 '17 at 13:35
i am still getting small character – Geeta Gupta Sep 28 '17 at 13:37
Ok ! because you are overriding your filters again Whatever ! Happy Coding – UltimateDevil Sep 28 '17 at 13:38

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 13:22

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YES you can do something like that

you can check for every letter typed by the user if it small letter convert it to its upper one

For Example:-

if the user typed e replace it with E

answered Sep 28 '17 at 13:22

how to replace if text size is very large? – Geeta Gupta Sep 28 '17 at 13:26
you can achieve that by using **toUpperCase()** method – Sep 28 '17 at 13:40
i want caps while typing – Geeta Gupta Sep 28 '17 at 13:41
u can use **addTextChangedListener()** and convert text to upper case – Sep 28 '17 at 13:51

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