Multiline Edittext with Done Softinput Action Label on 2.3

Multiline EditText with Done SoftInput Action Label on 2.3

Well, after re-reading the TextView and EditorInfo docs, it has become clear that the platform is going to force IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION for multi-line text views.

Note that TextView will automatically
set this flag for you on multi-line
text views.

My solution is to subclass EditText and adjust the IME options after letting the platform configure them:

@Override
public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
    InputConnection connection = super.onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs);
    int imeActions = outAttrs.imeOptions&EditorInfo.IME_MASK_ACTION;
    if ((imeActions&EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) != 0) {
        // clear the existing action
        outAttrs.imeOptions ^= imeActions;
        // set the DONE action
        outAttrs.imeOptions |= EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE;
    }
    if ((outAttrs.imeOptions&EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION) != 0) {
        outAttrs.imeOptions &= ~EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION;
    }
    return connection;
}

In the above, I'm forcing IME_ACTION_DONE too, even though that can be achieved through tedious layout configuration.

Edittext in multiline with actionDone issue in Android

Add

 editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
    editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);

in XML:

android:inputType="textMultiLine"

Android EditText: Done instead of Enter or Word Wrap instead of Multi Line

android:inputType="textEmailAddress|textEmailSubject"

You need to set the input type as email address or email subject. Either one will give you your desired result. shouldAdvanceFocusOnEnter() is a private method in TextView which determines whether to enter a new line or move focus to next field.

Allow multi-line in EditText view in Android?

By default all the EditText widgets in Android are multi-lined.

Here is some sample code:

<EditText
    android:inputType="textMultiLine" <!-- Multiline input -->
    android:lines="8" <!-- Total Lines prior display -->
    android:minLines="6" <!-- Minimum lines -->
    android:gravity="top|start" <!-- Cursor Position -->
    android:maxLines="10" <!-- Maximum Lines -->
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" <!-- Height determined by content -->
    android:layout_width="match_parent" <!-- Fill entire width -->
    android:scrollbars="vertical" <!-- Vertical Scroll Bar -->
/>

Why does Android multiline EditText with android:imeOptions=actionNext work in Google Keep?

You can set imeOptions=actionNext in XML & at runtime setRawInputType to TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE. This way you can achieve this behavior.

According to docs setRawInputType is used for:

Directly change the content type integer of the text view, without
modifying any other state.

Example:

XML:

 <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_text"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

Activity#onCreate:

binding.editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES
                or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE)

Android [ENTER]-key action of a multiline edittext in a dialog

I found out that setting the raw inputtype of the EditText to multiline is working where the "normal" input type isn't.

final EditText remark = new EditText(MyClass.this);    
remark.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);

This did it for me.

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