Is there any way to set a maximum of Chars to a line in an EditText
Field?
I tried it with a TextWatcher
, But I cant really do what I want.
I would like to set a maximum of lines and a maximum of chars per line.
Example:
Inserted Text:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consetetur sadipscing elitr.
Result (Max-Lines: 10, Max-Chars per line: 20):
Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet consetetur
sadipscing elitr.
EDIT XML:
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edittext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:background="@drawable/bgedit"
android:gravity="top"
android:lines="11"
android:paddingLeft="35dp"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:singleLine="false"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
/>
The following filter adds a new line after every n characters:
public class AutoWrapFilter implements InputFilter {
private final int mLineChars;
public AutoWrapFilter(int pLineChars) {
mLineChars = pLineChars;
}
@Override
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence src, int srcStart, int srcEnd, Spanned dest, int destStart, int destEnd) {
CharSequence original = dest.subSequence(0,destStart);
CharSequence replacement = src.subSequence(srcStart,srcEnd);
if(replacement.length() < 1){
return null;
}
int lastLineCharIndex = -1;
for (int j = destStart - 1; j >= 0; j--){
if(original.charAt(j) == '\n'){
lastLineCharIndex = j;
break;
}
}
int charsAfterLine = lastLineCharIndex < 0 ? original.length() : original.length() - lastLineCharIndex;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int k = 0; k < replacement.length(); k++){
if(charsAfterLine == mLineChars+1){
charsAfterLine = 0;
sb.append('\n');
}
sb.append(replacement.charAt(k));
charsAfterLine++;
}
return sb;
}
public static void applyAutoWrap(EditText et, int wrapLength){
InputFilter[] filters = et.getFilters();
InputFilter[] newFilters = Arrays.copyOf(filters, filters.length + 1);
newFilters[filters.length] = new AutoWrapFilter(wrapLength);
et.setFilters(newFilters);
}
}
Usage:
public class MyActivity extends Activity{
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
EditText edit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit);
AutoWrapFilter.applyAutoWrap(edit,10);
}
}
Result:
Also, you can add more code to append new-line char at word beginning, to make it wrap by word.
Add this in the layout:
android:maxLength="10" // If you want 10 symbols entered in the EditText
EDIT:
android:lines="10" // For the numer of lines in the EditText
String s="asaaskkjskjkajskjkajskajksjkfldfassasaasssssssssa.";
int l=s.length();
String y = "";
for(int i=0;i<l;i+=20){
int z=20;
if(s.length()<z){
z=s.length();
}
y=y+s.substring(0, z)+"\n";
s=s.substring(z);
}
((EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1)).setText(y);
Set these parameters in the layout:
android:layout_width="30dip"
android:singleLine="false"
android:maxLines="5"
Experiment with the value of android:layout_width
to find the value that fits your needs.
As you can see in above answers , you cant limit line length in edit text. But you can use text watcher that you mentioned to detect any changes in text. The override methods are self-explanatory in text watcher. Just make sure you dont edit, ie add text to the associated view when using text watcher. It will go in a recursive loop.
You can use following properties:-
android:maxLength="5";
if want single line:-
android:singleLine="true";
else for fix lines:-
android:maxLines="5";