I have an EditText element with a number input type. I don't want users to be able to enter 0 as the first digit. Can I enforce this using XML?
Here is what I have currently:
<EditText
android:id="@+id/main_edt_loan"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="40dip"
android:background="@drawable/sample_editbox"
android:ems="10"
android:layout_margin="10dip"
android:inputType="number"
android:hint=""
android:ellipsize="start"
android:maxLines="1"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:textSize="18dip"
android:gravity="center"
android:digits="0123456789"
android:maxLength="10"
android:textColor="#000000"/>
There is an alternative way in which you can use textWatcher .Check length of editable text inside afterTextChange method .if length is 1 and string is 0 than remove 0 .
No. But what you can do is check in your activity every time the text changes and then do whatever needs to be done when the first symbol is a "0".
EditText main_edt_loan = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.main_edt_loan);
main_edt_loan.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher()
{
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s)
{
String x = s.toString
if(x.startsWith("0"))
{
//your stuff here
}
}
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after)
{
}
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count)
{
}
});
Its just simple as that.
edContactNumber.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
}
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
if (s.toString().length() == 1 && s.toString().startsWith("0")) {
s.clear();
}
}
});
public class PreventZeroAtBeginningFilter implements InputFilter {
@Override
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
if (dest.toString().equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
String charSet = "0";
if (source != null && charSet.contains(("" + source))) {
return "";
}
}
return null;
}
}