Eclipse doesn't recognize numberPassword when installed on Android 4.0?
Eclipse editor doesn't recognize inputType in field when I put it as "numberPassword", here's the code:
<EditText
android:id="@+id/pin_field"
android:layout_width="236dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="numberPassword">
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
Here's the error I'm getting on the "android: inputType" line:
"error: Error: String types not allowed (at 'inputType' with value 'numberPassword')."
And in the Graphic Layout tab at the top, I changed the version from 2.3.3 to Android 4.0, which I read, I can fix it, but it didn't seem to work. I probably missed something obvious but can't figure it out.
Here is the Android documentation for inputType and 'numberPassword': http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#inputType
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The comment on the newsletter gave me the key that I need
"Is the Android build project set to 4.0?"
I had a minSdk file in my manifest file as API level 14 which is 4.0 and correct, which threw me away from the real problem. I had a project build target in Eclipse set to 2.3.3 that needed to be changed to 4.0.
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<EditText
android:id="@+id/pin_field"
android:layout_width="236dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number"
android:password="true"
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
Try the above code instead of code
or you can dynamically set the code below
editText.setInputType( InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
Updated :: Via code, set the InputFilter as shown below to accept alphabets only or numeric or both
edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {
new InputFilter() {
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence src, int start,
int end, Spanned dst, int dstart, int dend) {
if(src.equals("")){ // for backspace
return src;
}
if(src.toString().matches("[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+")){
return src;
}
return "";
}
}
});
please test it thoroughly!
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