can you please add the android verion of the devices you tested on?
As I understand, you want to open keyboard and allow the user to enter just capital letters. There is multiple ways to do it :
android:inputType="textCapSentences"
will work for sentences to request capitalization of the first character of every sentence.
android:inputType="textCapCharacters"
to request capitalization of all characters.
android:inputType="textCapWords"
to request capitalization of the first character of every word.
These can be combined with text and its variations like textPersonName , textPostalAddress, textShortMessage and more...
for example : android:inputType="textCapWords|textCapSentences"
and android:inputType="textPostalAddress|textCapSentences"
check the documentation : https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:inputType
Or you might do it programatically :
EditText input = (EditText).findViewById(R.id.ID);
input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);
You can also use android:capitalize
, it works on some cases and should automatically capitalize what the user types.
android:inputType="none"
, which won't automatically capitalize anything.
android:inputType="sentences"
, Which will capitalize the first word of each sentence.
android:inputType="words"
, Which Will Capitalize The First Letter Of Every Word.
android:inputType="characters"
, WHICH WILL CAPITALIZE EVERY CHARACTER.
If all these suggestions doesn't work for you, it's a problem with samsung devices and with some specific android versions. Try to fix that from keyboard settings like suggested here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31699306/12802591