How can I get a "done" button in softkeyboard?

Question

how can I have a "done" button in my softkeyboard (Samsung Galaxy 10.1, Android 3.1) when writing in an EditText?

Using

 <EditText
     android:id="@+id/comment"
     android:layout_width="772dp"
     android:layout_height="200dp"/>

I get

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If possible, I'd also like to remove this "attachment" button.

Anybody can help?

EDIT

I managed to get a "Done" button using

android:inputType="textImeMultiLine",

but the "return" button disappeared...

How can I have both? (I asked this new question here).

I think your screen is in portrait mode, so you are not able to see Done button, rotate screen to landscape mode it will visible on right side of EditText. — Yugandhar Babu, Jan 26 '12 at 09:38
Yes my screen is in portrait mode. Is there any way to have both return and done button in portrait? — jul, Jan 26 '12 at 09:40

waqaslam · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-26T09:24:04.753

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add this to your EditText xml:

android:imeOptions="actionDone"

or, to set it from code:

yourEditText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);

for more, read this

edited Jan 26 '12 at 09:24

answered Jan 26 '12 at 09:17

waqaslam

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are you using standard (android) keyboard? – waqaslam Jan 26 '12 at 09:20
I have a Samsung Galaxy 10.1, maybe they have customized softkeyboard? – jul Jan 26 '12 at 09:26
i just tested on my phone with a standard keyboard, and it works fine – waqaslam Jan 26 '12 at 09:30
i dont think you can have `done` and `enter` key together, because they both replace each other – waqaslam Jan 26 '12 at 09:46
Ok, I'm going to ask my new question then. Thanks. – jul Jan 26 '12 at 09:50
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adding the following to the EditText xml, android:singleLine="true" – mmaitlen Mar 05 '12 at 21:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '16 at 07:29

Using my Galaxy S2 phone

For the code below, each EditText will have a Return button that adds a new line:

EditText editText = new EditText(this);

For the code below, each EditText will have a Next button that navigates to the next field and the last one will have Done button that will dismiss the keyboard:

EditText editText = new EditText(this);
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);

For the code below, no change, each EditText has a Return button:

EditText editText = new EditText(this);
editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);

For the code below, all EditText will have a Done button and all will dismiss the keyboard.

    EditText editText = new EditText(this);
    editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
    editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);

For layouts use code below:

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="text"
    android:imeOptions="actionDone"/>

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 24 '16 at 21:00

In my Intel x86 Emulator at least, the "Done" key appears only if you specify the input type: "phone", "number", "text", "textPassword", ... with android:inputType. If you don't specify any or you set "textMultiLine", "Done" does not appear.

android:imeOptions="actionDone"

and

editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);

seem useless, since they don't change anything either in the first case (where "Done" appears anyway) or in the in the second case (since "Done" keeps not appearing) !

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 16 '19 at 15:18

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Add the next code to your EditText in xml

android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:imeActionLabel="@string/done"
android:singleLine="true"

The android:inputType="text" field is optional

answered Jul 16 '19 at 15:18

Alexander Pokidin

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 26 '12 at 09:24

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Use TextView.setImeOptions and pass it actionDone.

answered Jan 26 '12 at 09:24

Parag Chauhan

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How can I get a "done" button in softkeyboard?

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