Android XML - EditText word-wrapping without newlines

Question

I have this stupid and seemingly trivial problem with the properties of an EditText.

The properties I am trying to achieve for the EditText, are the following:

The contents of the view should NOT contain newlines. It can be text, numbers, symbols, but no newlines.
The soft keyboard should NOT display the enter button because of the above. It should instead display something like "Send" or "Done".
The contents of the view should NOT continue horizontally when reaching the edge of the screen. Instead I want to wrap the text, displaying it on multiple lines.

I have tried many different combinations, but I can not achieve this combination.

What I currently have is this, which is inside a RelativeLayout:

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/comment_box"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:layout_below="@id/preparation_text"
        android:hint="@string/comment_hint"
        android:inputType="textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect|text"
        android:scrollHorizontally="false"
        android:maxLength="400"
        android:imeOptions="actionSend"/>

It achieves 2 of 3. No newlines possible, keyboard displays "Send" rather than the enter-key for me, but the text continues on one line.

Changing inputType="text" to "textMultiLine" wraps text correctly on multiple lines, but also overrides the keyboard to always display the enter button.

I have tried different solutions around the Internet, including setting the properties maxLines="4", singleLine="true" and possible others that I have forgotten again.

I can not find a combination that works.

Half on half. Please see the comment to your answer. – Treeline Mar 09 '15 at 11:25 — Treeline, Mar 09 '15 at 11:25

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '19 at 06:13

Output:

Exp: The op is on right track. I did some research found that some options gets ignored which are specified in XML. but if the same options are set in code then it should do the trick. I used the same XML fragment specified in the question.

 <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_text"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:hint="hint"
        android:inputType="textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect|text"
        android:scrollHorizontally="false"
        android:maxLength="400"
        android:imeOptions="actionSend"
       />

And by adding the following lines in the code, it helped in achieving what you want.

 edit_text.setMaxLines(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 edit_text.setHorizontallyScrolling(false);

Did the job! Thanks a lot! – Mark Buikema Sep 03 '19 at 09:28 — Mark Buikema, Sep 03 '19 at 09:28
@MarkBuikema glad to help – Rahul Khurana Sep 03 '19 at 09:53 — Rahul Khurana, Sep 03 '19 at 09:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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textShortMessage is the inputType that you are looking for:

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/commentEditText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:minHeight="100dp"
        android:paddingLeft="5dp"
        android:paddingRight="5dp"
        android:paddingTop="2dp"
        android:paddingBottom="2dp"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:text=""
        android:hint="hint"
        android:textSize="16dp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:lineSpacingExtra="0dp"
        android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
        android:inputType="textShortMessage|textMultiLine|textCapSentences"
        android:singleLine="false" />

Refere to this to prevent paste function. To prevent pasting a new line.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Mar 09 '15 at 10:17

hasan

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Your options for `singleLine` and `inputType` definitely changed something. The text now wraps properly, and there is no option to make newlines. It does however still seem to override the property for `imeOptions`. It now displays a smiley rather than "Done" or "Send". Is there anyway around that issue? I assume it is a property of using `textShortMessage`. – Treeline Mar 09 '15 at 10:24
In my app. I used this approach with Button for send(out of keyboard). – hasan Mar 09 '15 at 12:11
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That is also my go-to solution, but not what I would prefer. – Treeline Mar 09 '15 at 12:26

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 30 '19 at 21:12

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Please use android:imeOptions="actionSend" to solve your problem.

edited Aug 30 '19 at 21:12

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@Ashvinsolanki This actually *does* suggest a solution. Whether it's correct, or high quality, I don't know - but it *is* an answer. – Paul Roub Aug 30 '19 at 21:12

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 02 '19 at 03:40

I have the same issue a long time ago, you have to programmatically change Edittext property on OnCreate().

So in XML, create your Edittext like this

<EditText
       android:id="@+id/comment_box"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:minHeight="80dp"
       android:hint="Comment here"
       android:maxLength="400"
       android:inputType="textMultiLine" />

And on onCreate() (I wrote in kotlin not Java)

comment_box.imeOptions = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEND
comment_box.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT)

Android XML - EditText word-wrapping without newlines

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