How do you set the max number of characters for an

Question

How do you set the max number of characters for an Android EditText input? I see setMaxLines, setMaxEMS, but nothing for the number of characters.

Answer 1

These might help:

• http://www.tutorialforandroid.com/2009/02/maxlength-in-edittext-using-codes.html
• http://www.anddev.org/edit_text_max_limit_charactars-t1925.html

Answer 2

It is working for me.

    etMsgDescription.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.LengthFilter(maximum_character)});

    etMsgDescription.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

            tvCharacterLimite.setText(" "+String.valueOf(maximum_character - etMsgDescription.getText().length()));
        }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
                int after) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }
    });