Turning off auto-complete for textarea and inputfi

Question

I'm working on an Android app (2.3.3) using Cordova (1.9.0), html5, javascript.

It's a language training tool so when users type their answers in textareas or inputfields, I don't want them to see suggestions.

I've tried autocomplete="off" in the textarea and input tag as well as in the form tag, but neither work. Does anyone know how to turn these suggestions off?

my test-html looks like this:

<div><b>With form:</b>
    <form autocomplete="off">
        <p>Wie   <input size="5" value="b" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">  jij?</p>
        <textarea spellcheck="false" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" autocomplete="off"></textarea>
    </form>
</div>
<div><b>No form:</b>
    <p>Jan, ik   <input size="5" value="b" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false">  Jan.</p>
    <textarea spellcheck="false" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" autocomplete="off"></textarea>
</div>

Update: I created a html-testpage and browsed there using an Android-phone, still experiencing the same autocompletion/suggestion-issue. So perhaps this is not a Cordova-app issue, but an Android browser issue? Take a look (on an Android phone) http://jsfiddle.net/f3AJq/

Answer 1

I Just discovered it!, it's so easy!, just put into the input: name="password" Just it!

Answer 2

Up until at least Android 4.4 in cordova apps, the html5 attribute autocomplete="off" as described above does not have any effect. However on Android 6 the autocomplete="off" does work!

So it depends on the Android version, not the html.

(This is a cordova 5.1.1 android platform, in case anyone is wondering)

Answer 3

try android:inputType="textNoSuggestions" in you EditText