I have EditText which is used for entering contents on messages (emails, sms). I want message to be immediately posted on ActionDone button click. I use following code for this:
message.setOnEditorActionListener((textView, i, keyEvent) -> {
switch (i) {
case EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE:
if (messageCanBePosted()) {
SoftKeyboard.hide(message);
postMessage();
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
default:
return false;
}
});
But also I want this message field to be multiline, like in any other messenger apps. I can achieve it with this line:
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
The problem is that after adding this line ActionDone button starts acting like Enter button. So my callback for catching EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE
is never called. So each time user press that button cursor moves to new line instead of posting message.
How can I keep both multiline behavior of EditText (ability to show text on multiple lines) and ActionDone button?
Use
editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
and in XML:
android:inputType="textMultiLine"