How to disable EditText in Android

Question

How can I disable typing in an EditText field in Android?

Solution 1

I think its a bug in android..It can be fixed by adding this patch :)
Check these links question 1 and question 2

Hope it will be useful.

Solution 2

you can use EditText.setFocusable(false) to disable editing
EditText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true) to enable editing;

Solution 3

In code:

editText.setEnabled(false);

Or, in XML:

android:editable="false"

Solution 4

Assuming editText is you EditText object:

editText.setEnabled(false);

Solution 5

You can try the following method :

private void disableEditText(EditText editText) {
    editText.setFocusable(false);
    editText.setEnabled(false);
    editText.setCursorVisible(false);
    editText.setKeyListener(null);
    editText.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT); 
}

Enabled EditText :

Disabled EditText :

It works for me and hope it helps you.

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Comments

[Kartik Domadiya]

Disable Keyboard on input in EditText ?

[aj10]

There are two editText fields.First is for entering email.if the email is valid then the second editText field is to be enabled.but the problem is while typing an invalid email and clicking on the next button on the soft keyboard it goes to the second text field and can enter data eventhough i've made edittext.setEnabled(false).i am using android 2.3.1

[Mxyk]

For those who'd rather see the code right here rather than use a hyperlink: editText.setEnabled(false);, in combination with editText.setFocusable(false); will achieve this.

[jelies]

The same works with XML: android:enabled="false" and android:focusable="false". Thanks guys!

[ramit girdhar]

just set focusable property of your edittext to "false" and you are done. <!-- begin snippet: js hide: false --> <!-- language: lang-html --> <EditText android:id="@+id/EditTextInput" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:focusable="false" android:gravity="right" android:cursorVisible="true"> </EditText> <!-- end snippet -->

[timgcarlson]

This was my issue. I assumed that after setFocusable(false) I could just flip setFocusable(true)... not the case. Setting setFocusableInTouchMode(true) did the trick for me.

[Syed Raza Mehdi]

good answer but it can be improved by removing the line in which the background color is being change and add editText.setKeyListener(null);

[Igor Escodro]

Welcome to Stack Overflow, Nuwan Bandara. Your answer is related to JTextArea and not EditText, which is from Android Framework. It is unlikely that you are providing an answer for this question.

[BabyishTank]

this do nothing

[Martin]

This is a great answer - it keeps the edit text looking the same