How to capitalize every letter in an Android EditT

Question

I have an array of editTexts which I make like this:

        inputs[i] = new EditText(this);
        inputs[i].setWidth(376);
        inputs[i].setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS);
        tFields.addView(inputs[i]);

I want every character to be capitalized. Right now, the first letter of the first word is lowercase, then all the characters afterwords are upper case. I can take what the user inputs after they are done and convert that to uppercase, but that's not really what I'm going for. Is there a way to get these fields to behave the way I want them to?

Answer 1

To capitalize the first word of each sentence use :

android:inputType="textCapSentences"

To Capitalize The First Letter Of Every Word use :

android:inputType="textCapWords"

To Capitalize every Character use :

android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

Answer 2

As of today, Its

android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

Answer 3

This would work

    inputs[i] = new EditText(this);
    inputs[i].setWidth(376);
    inputs[i].setInputType(0x00001001);
    tFields.addView(inputs[i]);

0x00001001 corresponds to "textCapCharacters constant.

Answer 4

This will make all the characters uppercase when writing.

edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

Original answer here.

Answer 5

You can try this:

android:inputType="textCapCharacters"

It worked for me. =)

Answer 6

try using this single line of code in your xml:

android:capitalize="sentences"