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Android: adding validation to an EditText field?

I need to add Validation to the EditText field so that:

- only numbers can be entered -Simple answer cannot be given (i.e. cannot just press enter)

If any of the above events happen, I just want the application not to accept that record and allow the user to try to re-enter a valid record.

How can i do this?

Associated opcode:

 answer = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etEnterAnswerRandomTest);

     //when submit button is clicked
       public void onClick(View v) {

         switch(v.getId()) {

         case R.id.btnSubmitRandomTest:
            // sets string equal to what is entered in editText
            final String entry = answer.getText().toString();
            // convert from string value to int
            int a = Integer.parseInt(entry);

XML window edittext:

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/etEnterAnswerRandomTest"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:hint="Enter Answer..." >
    </EditText>
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For getting only numbers as input use this in your edittext

android:inputType="0123456789"


Internally onCreate

use this code

edittext.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        if(editText.getText().toString.length()<1){
        // Display toast 
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter something !",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
      }
    }

 });
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This will help you. I created a textwatcher and a simple method inputValidation

that returns a boolean value whether the editable is empty or not. If edittext is empty when the validation label is displayed.

TextView input_validation;
EditText input;
int final_input_value;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    setupViews();
}

public void setupViews() {
    input_validation = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.input_validation);
    input_validation.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    input = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.input);
    input.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i2, int i3) {
        }
        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i2, int i3) {
        }
        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
            if (inputValidation(editable)) {
                input_validation.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                input_validation.setText("You must enter your Age");
            } else {
                input_validation.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                final_input_value = Integer.parseInt(editable.toString());
            }
        }
    });
}
public boolean inputValidation(Editable inputText) {
    return inputText.toString().isEmpty();
}

Layout



  <TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/input_label"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:text="Your Age"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
    android:paddingBottom="16dp" />

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/input"
    android:inputType="number"
    android:layout_below="@+id/input_label"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/input_validation"
    android:textStyle="italic"
    android:textColor="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
    android:layout_below="@+id/input"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

The result looks like this.

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This may / may not be the answer you are looking for, but it works for me.

  • Adding a addTextChangedListener

    TextWatcher to yourEditText

  • Adding android:inputType="number"

    to your EditText xml

How to use the TextWatcher

hope this helps :)

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To get only numbers use in XML

following: 
android:inputType="number"

And to get a non-empty input, do the following inside the onClickListner of the button:

if(editText.getText().toString.length()<1){
//do something saying nothing is entered. Display toast may be
}

Using code you can do

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);
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