How to get text from TextInputLayout in Kotlin?

Question

I have a text input layout with id login_mobile_number, I have imported this module to stop using findViewById methods:

import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_login.*

Whenever I try to get text from the TextInputLayout by

val loginMobileNumberString:String = login_mobile_number.editText.toString()

It returns the object name instead of the string typed in it like this:

android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText{dfdb412 VFED..CL. .F...... 0,0-888,136 #7f0800e1 app:id/textInputEditText}

Why this is occuring? What is the proper method to get string from that field?

If `editText` is an `EditText` then `editText.text.toString()` — forpas, Jan 06 '19 at 13:52

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '19 at 15:31

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You can use this;

val loginMobileNumberString = login_mobile_number.text.toString()

No need to specify as :String.

answered Jan 06 '19 at 15:31

Cafer Mert Ceyhan

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the last ".toString()" convert to string for example SpannableString to String, that allow you to compare the strings. – moralejaSinCuentoNiProverbio Sep 05 '19 at 20:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '19 at 13:51

You just need to do this:

val loginMobileNumberString:String = login_mobile_number.text.toString()

Also, you don't need to take the text from the text input layout, he should only take care of the layout of the input, as is in the name, you can do it directly from the edit text. Just give it an id and import the same way you did with the text input layout.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '20 at 06:36

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Another way is to enclose it in quotes, making it a string

val loginMobileNumberString = "${login_mobile_number.text}"

or if login_mobile_number refers to a TextInputLayout

val loginMobileNumberString = "${login_mobile_number.editText.text}"

answered Mar 28 '20 at 06:36

poby

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '20 at 20:58

To get the Text from TextInputEditText within the TextInputLayout

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/descriptionInputLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextDate2"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="184dp">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="250dp"
        android:hint="Description" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Get the Text

val description = descriptionInputLayout.editText?.text.toString()
println("Description: $goalDescription")

How to get text from TextInputLayout in Kotlin?

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