remove cursor from editText

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Disable EditText blinking cursor

I have 2 editText fields in my activity with some text in it:

EditText nameText=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.update_name_text);
nameText.setText(Info.getName());

EditText phone=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.phone_number);
phone.setText(Info.getPhoneNo());

When I run the app on my device and tap on the nameText field, a cursor and a keyboard appear. However, when I hide the keyboard, the keyboard goes away but the cursor stays. How can I make the cursor invisible as well.

When I press enter from nameText, the cursor goes to the phone field and the keyboard is still visible.This is fine. But when I hide the keyboard or press enter from the phone field, the keyboard disappears but the cursor stays.

Is there any way (other than using setOnEditorActionListener) to make the cursor invisible as well in the above situations?

You are fixing nonexisitng issues. What about hardware keyboard devices for example? — Marcin Orlowski, Oct 23 '12 at 12:09

score 40 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 22 '15 at 17:34

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to remove the cursor from edittext you need to set

nameText.setFocusable(false);

and to visible cursor set

nameText.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {

                nameText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

                return false;
            }
});

will show the cursor in edittext...

edited Dec 22 '15 at 17:34

CommonSenseCode

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answered Oct 23 '12 at 12:01

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I don't want the cursor invisible permanently. I only want it invisible when the keyboard is hidden – Ankush Oct 23 '12 at 12:03
its working for me.. but not need to set ' nameText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);' – Amitabha Biswas May 26 '16 at 13:06
@AmitabhaBiswas When user again touch same edittext, cursor should be visible. – Sumant Sep 06 '16 at 05:27
I can't unserstand your concern @Sumant .. Could you told briefly? – Amitabha Biswas Sep 06 '16 at 09:54
great job!!!! working for Recycler view too. – Puja Singh Jul 06 '17 at 13:50
This works perfectly fine! – krisDrOid Feb 01 '18 at 23:45
Does not work at all for me. – Nimitz14 Oct 09 '18 at 09:35
Works for TextInputEditText. – mr.kostua Feb 18 '19 at 14:51

score 20 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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android:cursorVisible in XML, or setCursorVisible() in code to hide/show the cursor, and you can use the method explained here to determine when the keyboard has appeared & disappeared.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Oct 23 '12 at 12:01

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I don't want the cursor invisible permanently. I only want it invisible when the keyboard is hidden – – Ankush Oct 23 '12 at 12:04

Kartihkraj Duraisamy · Answer 3 · 2012-10-23T12:28:19.003

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In Xml file You can see the <requestFocus> attribute has been automatically added for the EditText.

So whenever the activity starts , your EditText receives the focus.

So remove it first and try...

UpDated Answer:

If you dont want to edit the nameText field

You can use

nameText.setEnabled(false);

And also If u wants to Edit it some case,

You can do,

nameText.setEnabled(true);

Still you can update the nameText field by programatically,

for Example , using nameText.setText(Info.getname());

If you want the user to modifications on the visible text, then you can make

nameText.setEnabled(true);

It will works as like you expects.

edited Oct 23 '12 at 12:28

answered Oct 23 '12 at 12:07

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I already removed the `requestfocus` attribute – Ankush Oct 23 '12 at 12:10
See the updated Answer in the post – Kartihkraj Duraisamy Oct 23 '12 at 12:28

remove cursor from editText

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