How to create EditText with cross(x) button at end

Question

Is there any widget like EditText which contains a cross button, or is there any property for EditText by which it is created automatically? I want the cross button to delete whatever text written in EditText.

Answer 1

I did the UI part like below:

<RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="50dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
            android:padding="5dp">

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/etSearchToolbar"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:textSize="13dp"
                android:padding="10dp"
                android:textColor="@android:color/darker_gray"
                android:textStyle="normal"
                android:hint="Search"
                android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
                android:inputType="text"
                android:background="@drawable/edittext_bg"
                android:maxLines="1" />

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/ivClearSearchText"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:layout_marginRight="6dp"
                android:src="@drawable/balloon_overlay_close"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />


        </RelativeLayout>

edittext_bg.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />

<stroke
    android:width="1dp"
    android:color="#C9C9CE" />

<corners
    android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp"
    android:bottomRightRadius="15dp"
    android:topLeftRadius="15dp"
    android:topRightRadius="15dp" />

balloon_overlay_close.png

Cross/Clear button hide/show:

searchBox.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {}

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {

            if(charSequence.length() > 0){
                clearSearch.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            }else{
                clearSearch.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {}
    });

Handle search stuffs (i.e when user clicks search from soft key board)

searchBox.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
            if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH) {
                String contents = searchBox.getText().toString().trim();
                if(contents.length() > 0){
                    //do search

                }else
                    //if something to do for empty edittext

                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });`

Clear/Cross button

  clearSearch.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            searchBox.setText("");
        }
    });