Android - EditText input is slow

I have an EditText that SLOW is responsible for entering text. This lag is annoying enough to make me find a solution. I did some research and found the SO thread EditText lagging when typing and it suggests moving the code to its own thread. I did it, but I am still experiencing lag.

EDIT

After looking at the comments below (thanks to dreamtale), I know that a new thread is not needed. But returning code on the onTextChanged or afterTextChanged event still triggers a slow response. I changed the code to reflect the latest changes:

XML:

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

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     
    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_weight="1" >

    <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" 
        android:layout_width="match_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="2dp" > 
        <include 
            android:layout_width="match_parent" 
            android:layout_height="match_parent" 
            layout="@layout/right_layout_header" />             
    </LinearLayout>

<ScrollView 
   android:layout_width="match_parent" 
   android:layout_height="0dp" 
   android:layout_weight="1"
   android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
   android:layout_marginBottom="5dp">

    <TableLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:shrinkColumns="1"
        android:drawable="@drawable/light_bg" >

        <TableRow
            android:layout_width="200dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:shrinkColumns="1">
                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/tvSummaryBold"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:text="@string/Summary"
                    style="@style/IssueDetailsLabelTextView" />
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow
            android:layout_width="200dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:shrinkColumns="1">

            <EditText
                    android:id="@+id/txtSummary" 
                    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
                    android:layout_height="match_parent" 
                    android:hint="@string/SummaryDefaultText" 
                    android:maxLength="255"
                    android:singleLine="true"
                    android:layout_weight="1"

                />
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow>
                <TextView 
                    android:id="@+id/tvCharactersRemaining"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:textColor="@color/Gray"
                    android:paddingLeft="5dp"
                    />
        </TableRow>
    </TableLayout>
  </ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

      

        
        
        
      

    

Here's the code for the snippet:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    try
    {
        vView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.submit_issue, container, false);

        //Setup initial "characters remaining" text.
        mCharsRemaining = (TextView)vView.findViewById(R.id.tvCharactersRemaining);
        mCharsRemaining.setText(String.valueOf(iMaxChars) + ' ' + getString(R.string.CharsRemaining));

        //Event for counting the characters remaining.
        mSummaryEditText.addTextChangedListener(TextEditorWatcher);

        new LoadPOCsTask().execute();   
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Errors.LogError(e);
    }
    return vView;           
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

TextEditorWatcher event:

private final TextWatcher TextEditorWatcher = new TextWatcher() { 
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { 

    } 

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

        int iMaxCharsRemaining = (iMaxChars - s.length());
        mCharsRemaining.setText("Static Text "); //Intentionally put static text to see if problem still occurs, and yes it does.
    } 

    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { 
    } 
}; 

      

        
        
        
      

    

I can't figure out why it still lags behind when typing. If I remove the event addTextChangeListener

then it works fine. Ideas?