Place cursor at the end of text in EditText

Question

I am changing the value of an EditText on keyListener.

But when I change the text the cursor is moving to the beginning of the EditText. I need the cursor to be at the end of the text.

How to move the cursor to the end of the text in a EditText.

Answer 1

editText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());
        return false;
    }
});

Answer 2

If you want to select all text and just entering new text instead of old one, you can use

    android:selectAllOnFocus="true"

Answer 3

editText.setSelection is the magic here. Basically selection gives you place cursor at any position you want.

EditText editText = findViewById(R.id.editText);
editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());

This places cursor to end of EditText. Basically editText.getText().length() gives you text length. Then you use setSelection with length.

editText.setSelection(0);

It is for setting cursor at start position (0).

Answer 4

The question is old and answered, but I think it may be useful to have this answer if you want to use the newly released DataBinding tools for Android, just set this in your XML :

<data>
    <variable name="stringValue" type="String"/>
</data>
...
<EditText
        ...
        android:text="@={stringValue}"
        android:selection="@{stringValue.length()}"
        ...
/>

Answer 5

public class CustomEditText extends EditText {
    public CustomEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public CustomEditText(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public CustomEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }


    @Override
    protected void onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
        super.onFocusChanged(focused, direction, previouslyFocusedRect);
        this.setSelection(this.getText().length());
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd) {

    }
}

User this CustomEditText in your XML file, this will work. I have tested this and it is working for me.