How can i hide/disable done button on soft keyboard android?

Question

I am working with Amazon S3 api.

Problem: Working with TextWatcher. As soon as user enters more than 3 characters in the edittext, api is called and it shows matched results. The problem starts as soon the user hit the done/enter button on soft keyboard, the api is called again and it searches again. Can i stop this second call somehow? Thanks!

Do you need the enter button or is it ok to remove it? – COYG Jan 31 '19 at 12:43 — COYG, Jan 31 '19 at 12:43
i suggest you to do a hack on ime option programmatically – Vignesh Jan 31 '19 at 12:44 — Vignesh, Jan 31 '19 at 12:44

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:46

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you can change it from xml:

<EditText
...
android:imeOptions="actionNone"/>

or from code:

editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NONE);

It will remove the done button whenever user trigger the softkeybord

answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:46

Antoine El Murr

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:45

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Maybe you can try to override the onKeyListener method in your control, to let it detect if the key pressed is 'enter' and add the code you want your 'enter' key to do ?

edittext.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {

answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:45

Mathieu Gasciolli

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:48

just handle done click and hide the soft keyboard

editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_text);

editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {
           // hide your keyboard here
           try {
                   InputMethodManager inputMethodManager = (InputMethodManager) activity.getSystemService(Activity.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                   if (inputMethodManager != null && activity.getCurrentFocus() != null) {
             inputMethodManager.hideSoftInputFromWindow(activity.getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
                   }
           } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
           }
           return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:49

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Add

android:maxLines="1"

to you xml and enter button should be disabled.

answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:49

COYG

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:50

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You can Do like editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NONE);

but it won't hide the Enter/Next

answered Jan 31 '19 at 12:50

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How can i hide/disable done button on soft keyboard android?

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