Adding a Dash in the editText automatically in Android

Question

Have a look at my codes:

txt_HomeNo.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

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

            boolean flag = true;
            String eachBlock[] = txt_HomeNo.getText().toString().split("-");
            for (int i = 0; i < eachBlock.length; i++) {
                if (eachBlock[i].length() > 3) {
                    flag = false;
                }
            }

            if (flag) {

                txt_HomeNo.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {

                    @Override
                    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

                        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL)
                            keyDel = 1;
                        return false;
                    }
                });

                if (keyDel == 0) {

                    if (((txt_HomeNo.getText().length() + 1) % 4) == 0) {

                        if (txt_HomeNo.getText().toString().split("-").length <= 3) {
                            txt_HomeNo.setText(txt_HomeNo.getText() + "-");
                            txt_HomeNo.setSelection(txt_HomeNo.getText().length());
                        }
                    }
                    a = txt_HomeNo.getText().toString();
                } else {
                    a = txt_HomeNo.getText().toString();
                    keyDel = 0;
                }

            } else {
                txt_HomeNo.setText(a);
            }

        }

The maximum length of the phone number is only 7. And when I already inputted 3 digits, it appends dash (that's what I'd like to happen) but my problem here is that the next 3 digits also appends dash (Like this: 511-871-)... My question is how can I do the codings with the next 4 digit number with having a dash on it. Please help me with this. thanks!

Answer 1

I think , I have easy solution to doing this, look at attached screenshot

Appending / after 2 and 5 digit to get DOB.

Appending and Deleting both are working without cyclic problem.

editeTextDob.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
            int prevL = 0;

            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {
                prevL = dob.getText().toString().length();
            }

            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {

            }

            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
                int length = editable.length();
                 if ((prevL < length) && (length == 2 || length == 5)) {
                    editable.append("/");
                }
            }
        });