restrict edittext to single line

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possible duplicate : android-singleline-true-not-working-for-edittext

<EditText 
    android:id="@+id/searchbox"  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:lines="1"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
    android:background="@drawable/edittext"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/folder_full"
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/search"
    android:paddingLeft="15dp"
    android:hint="search...">
</EditText>

I want to make the above EditText to have only single line. Even if the user presses "enter" the cursor should not get down to the second line. Can anybody help me doing that?

As singleLine became deprecated, you can use maxLines = 1 and inputType = text. — sunlover3, Nov 01 '16 at 11:39
Using `android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"` will solve the problem — Sk Saad Al Mahmud, Nov 29 '16 at 09:27

Praveenkumar · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-21T07:09:52.003

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Use android:maxLines="1" and android:inputType="text"

You forgot the android:maxLines attribute. And refer for android:inputType With your example, below will give this result:

<EditText 
    android:id="@+id/searchbox"  
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:maxLines="1"
    android:inputType="text"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
    android:background="@drawable/edittext"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/folder_full"
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/search"
    android:paddingLeft="15dp"
    android:hint="search...">
</EditText>

edited Sep 21 '17 at 07:09

answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:12

Praveenkumar

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@Lukasz'Severiaan'Grela in the current Eclipse IDE, no deprecation hint is shown, and android:maxLines does not restrict input to one line – mjn Jun 26 '13 at 08:09
@mjn, is it possible that you're compiling against an old SDK and thus not seeing the deprecation? – Brett Aug 16 '13 at 13:56
I'm using SwiftKey as input method and I'm having a problem with this. I manage in inserting `\n` characters with the keyboard, but they are displayed as spaces in the TextEdit. Any way to totally disable carriage returns? – Richard-Degenne May 14 '14 at 14:43
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@Praveen: Can you please give the reference where it says the [android:singleLine](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:singleLine) is deprecated? I cannot see it there for API 23. I don't see it mentioned in the documentation and also I don't get any warning when I use it with `23.0.1` SDK – Shobhit Puri Sep 17 '15 at 22:31
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@ShobhitPuri Its not deprecated. Also, it was an edit. I didn't mention deprecated. – Praveenkumar Sep 18 '15 at 07:15
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Does not make single line when writing text if you don't specify inputType. Otherwise it just makes single line for the hint – Jemshit Oct 19 '15 at 07:37
Worked for me :) Anyway I was wondering why this piece of code didn't work for me?? android:maxLines="1" – Zohair Nov 25 '15 at 12:00
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Deprecated since API level 3. See: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#singleLine – Luis May 12 '16 at 16:40
This isn't working for me. If I set the edit text to have a text input type then the return key disappears in favor of a next button. – Doug Ray Nov 03 '16 at 00:12
maxLines="1", not working for me, it still accepts multiple lines, it just restricts the height of the edittext. – Narendra Singh Jan 20 '17 at 06:48
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If you use only android:maxLines="1" will not work.So you need to use both android:inputType="text" and maxlines -1.Then it will work perfectly – Hanuman Mar 30 '17 at 06:56
@FrodeAkselsen Then, which one is correct? Can you point it out please. – Praveenkumar Jul 10 '17 at 05:01
@Praveenkumar if you set `android:maxLines="1"` you see only one line but if you hit `enter` you still go on a new line and that's **not** what OP wants. The wanted behavior can be achieved with `android:inputType="text"`, as described by @ralphspoon below. – Frode Akselsen Jul 10 '17 at 06:02
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@FrodeAkselsen Even in my answer `android:inputType="text"` included. – Praveenkumar Jul 10 '17 at 06:16
right, now I see it, sorry, my bad! Maybe you want to point it out a bit more like you do for `android:maxLines="1"` – Frode Akselsen Jul 10 '17 at 06:21
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@FrodeAkselsen I have pointed it out clearly. Please refer the updated answer. – Praveenkumar Jul 10 '17 at 06:23

score 222 · Answer 2 · edited May 18 '17 at 10:49

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Using android:singleLine="true" is deprecated.

Just add your input type and set maxline to 1 and everything will work fine

android:inputType="text"
android:maxLines="1"

edited May 18 '17 at 10:49

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If you don't specify inputType it won't work is what i found out. – Micro Jun 28 '15 at 22:48
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your right. inputType="textMultiLine" will still give you multiline even if you set max line to 1. – ralphgabb Jun 30 '15 at 00:20
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Note that for `android:inputType="number"` there's already max 1 line. – Micer Feb 18 '16 at 11:51
This doesnt work if my textview is very long and I want it multiline, but not with newline characters. – htafoya Jul 11 '17 at 01:44
@htafoya this code snippet works for making edit text single line. You can however, start a new question here at SO. – ralphgabb Jul 11 '17 at 01:55

score 56 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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android:singleLine is now deprecated. From the documentation:

This constant was deprecated in API level 3.

This attribute is deprecated. Use maxLines instead to change the layout of a static text, and use the textMultiLine flag in the inputType attribute instead for editable text views (if both singleLine and inputType are supplied, the inputType flags will override the value of singleLine).

So you could just set android:inputType="textEmailSubject" or any other value that matches the content of the field.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered May 05 '13 at 03:51

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If you wanna a simple line text field, use `android:inputType="text"`. – PhoneixS Dec 27 '13 at 16:55
Thank you @Mr. Bungle , textMultiLine worked for me ! – user1510006 May 20 '19 at 13:23

score 18 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 04 '16 at 13:28

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You must add this line in your EditText in xml:

android:maxLines="1"

edited Nov 04 '16 at 13:28

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As other answers have noted - this has been deprecated in favour of `maxLines` and `inputType` combination – Janis Peisenieks Jun 06 '16 at 14:03

score 16 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 29 '16 at 14:23

android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="text"

Add the above code to have a single line in EditText tag in your layout.

android:singleLine="true" is deprecated

This constant was deprecated in API level 3.

This attribute is deprecated. Use maxLines instead to change the layout of a static text, and use the textMultiLine flag in the inputType attribute instead for editable text views (if both singleLine and inputType are supplied, the inputType flags will override the value of singleLine).

score 13 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 02 '16 at 06:26

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Now android:singleLine attribute is deprecated. Please add these attributes to your EditText for an EditText to be single line.

android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:maxLines="1"

answered Jun 02 '16 at 06:26

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Ray Hunter · Answer 7 · 2018-03-04T23:36:18.177

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This will work for the EditText:

android:inputType="text"

Then I would set a max length for the input text:

android:maxLines="1"

Those are the 2 that are needed now.

edited Mar 04 '18 at 23:36

answered Sep 18 '16 at 20:34

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score 11 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:12

I have done this in the past with android:singleLine="true" and then adding a listener for the "enter" key:

((EditText)this.findViewById(R.id.mytext)).setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {

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

        if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
            //if the enter key was pressed, then hide the keyboard and do whatever needs doing.
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getApplicationWindowToken(), 0);

            //do what you need on your enter key press here

            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
});

score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:10

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Include android:singleLine="true"

answered Jun 11 '12 at 10:10

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score 6 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 06 '16 at 12:47

Everyone's showing the XML way, except one person showed calling EditText's setMaxLines method. However, when I did that, it didn't work. One thing that did work for me was setting the input type.

EditText editText = new EditText(this);
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);

This allows A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and special characters, but does not allow enter to be pressed. When you press enter, it'll go to the next GUI component, if applicable in your application.

You may also want to set the maximum number of characters that can be put into that EditText, or else it'll push whatever's to the right of it off the screen, or just start trailing off the screen itself. You can do this like this:

InputFilter[] filters = new InputFilter[1];
filters[0] = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(8);
editText.setFilters(filters);

This sets the max characters to 8 in that EditText. Hope all this helps you.

score 4 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 31 '19 at 03:31

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You must add this line in your EditText

android:maxLines="1"

and another thing, don't forget set android:inputType (whatever you want, text, phone .., but you must set it)

answered Jul 31 '19 at 03:31

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 01 '16 at 10:43

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Programatically:

textView.setMaxLines(1);

answered Mar 01 '16 at 10:43

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score 2 · Answer 13 · edited Mar 08 '16 at 05:54

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use

android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"

edited Mar 08 '16 at 05:54

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score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 10 '14 at 14:24

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In order to restrict you just need to set the single line option on "true".

android:singleLine="true"

answered Apr 10 '14 at 14:24

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singleLine is deprecated! – Jamshaid K. Apr 12 '17 at 23:13
Works perfectly. With `android:maxLines="1"` user still can press Enter to break into multiline – Duc Trung Mai Sep 11 '20 at 02:44

score 1 · Answer 15 · edited Jun 05 '19 at 21:07

Use Below Code instead of your code

<EditText 
    android:id="@+id/searchbox"  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:maxLines="1"
    android:inputType="text"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
    android:background="@drawable/edittext"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/folder_full"
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/search"
    android:paddingLeft="15dp"
    android:hint="search..."/>

score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Jun 16 '13 at 23:37

The @Aleks G OnKeyListener() works really well, but I ran it from MainActivity and so had to modify it slightly:

EditText searchBox = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.searchbox);
searchBox.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {

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

        if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER) {
            //if the enter key was pressed, then hide the keyboard and do whatever needs doing.
            InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) MainActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
            imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(searchBox.getApplicationWindowToken(), 0);

            //do what you need on your enter key press here

            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
});

I hope this helps anyone trying to do the same.

score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Nov 10 '14 at 20:44

Also it's important to pay attention if the property android:inputType is textMultiLine. If so, the properties android:singleLine, android:imeOptions, android:ellipsize and android maxLines will be ignored and your EditText will accepted MultiLines anyway.

score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 11:20

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Add this line to your edittext

android:inputType="text"

answered Jan 20 '16 at 11:20

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score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Oct 20 '17 at 17:57

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android:imeOptions="actionDone"

worked for me.

answered Oct 20 '17 at 17:57

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score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Jun 26 '18 at 01:56

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please try this code

android:inputType="textPersonName"

answered Jun 26 '18 at 01:56

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Maveňツ · Answer 21 · 2016-12-10T08:24:53.607

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As android:singleLine="true" is now Depreciated so use

android:maxLines="1"

Use maxLines instead to change the layout of a static text, and use the textMultiLine flag in the inputType attribute instead for editable text views (if both singleLine and inputType are supplied, the inputType flags will override the value of singleLine).

edited Dec 10 '16 at 08:24

answered Oct 12 '13 at 10:12

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Oct 02 '17 at 11:39

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in XML File add this properties in Edit Text

 android:maxLines="1"

answered Oct 02 '17 at 11:39

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Nov 01 '19 at 04:02

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At XML file. Just add

android:maxLines="1"

answered Nov 01 '19 at 04:02

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score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 08:06

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for me i do it like this , go to your textView in xml file and add this two lines

` android:maxLines="1"

android:inputType="text"`

answered Sep 29 '20 at 08:06

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Dec 24 '22 at 21:15

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One more comment for all above. If you need the numerical input type just use inputType="number". But if you will use android:digits="0123456789" you canot achieve the effect you need with any of attributes as lines, maxLines, inputType

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jul 03 '23 at 06:18

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android:singleLine="true" android:maxLines="1"

answered Jul 03 '23 at 06:18

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