Is there a way to allow negative decimals for TextField in Jetpack Compose on all Android versions?

Asked Dec 01 '22 at 09:45

Active Dec 01 '22 at 11:04

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I'm trying to use an OutlinedTextField that allows both negative & positive decimal numbers. Currently, I have this code to change the keyboard type:

keyboardOptions = KeyboardOptions(keyboardType = KeyboardType.Decimal, imeAction = ImeAction.Next)

But this only allows positive numbers decimals as you can see here:

I feel like I must be blind or something because I can't find this trivial thing. I've seen answers on SO where the negative sign is present when they use Number, but this is not the case for me.

EDIT: Inspired by Gabriele, I did some tests on multiple Android versions and saw that it's not consistent. With Android 5.1.1 & 9 it's not present, while it is present on Android 13. Does anyone know how to force it on all versions?

edited Dec 01 '22 at 11:04

asked Dec 01 '22 at 09:45

M3-n50

The negative sign should be present with KeyboardType.Decimal (at least I have it). – Gabriele Mariotti Dec 01 '22 at 09:50
What is the compose version you're using? I'm at 1.2.1 – M3-n50 Dec 01 '22 at 09:54
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Tried with 1.3.1 – Gabriele Mariotti Dec 01 '22 at 09:56
Can I also ask what Android version you're using? I did tests on multiple devices and had different results. On 5.1.1 & 9 I don't get the negative sign. On my device with 13 I have the negative sign – M3-n50 Dec 01 '22 at 10:06
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Android 11-12-13 – Gabriele Mariotti Dec 01 '22 at 10:21
Sorry, can I ask one more question? Do you happen to use GBoard on those 3 devices? – M3-n50 Dec 01 '22 at 11:32
With an emulator do you have the same issue? – Gabriele Mariotti Dec 01 '22 at 11:56
No, but the emulators use Gboard by default afaik. The devices (all Samsung devices) that had this problem no longer have the issue once I installed Gboard on it. – M3-n50 Dec 01 '22 at 12:02

Is there a way to allow negative decimals for TextField in Jetpack Compose on all Android versions?

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