Android: Limiting EditText to numbers

Question

When creating an EditText in the java portion of the application, how do you limit it to numbers like you would in the xml? For example:

new EditText(this);

set like

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/h1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="numberDecimal"/>

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '11 at 00:28

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Something like this perhaps ?

EditText text = new EditText(this);
text.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL);

answered Mar 05 '11 at 00:28

tacone

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you can also do `EditText et = View.inflate(this, R.layout.et_input_number, null);` – Nathan Schwermann Mar 05 '11 at 05:28

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 28 '19 at 14:25

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Use of android:numeric is deprecated, use android:inputType="number"

edited Dec 28 '19 at 14:25

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answered Jun 01 '13 at 06:03

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '11 at 00:22

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Go to the docs and look at the table with XML attributes. It shows you the code equivalent of each item.

In this case, it's setRawInputType.

answered Mar 05 '11 at 00:22

EboMike

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setInputType might be the better choice in this case, given that it will update the KeyListener – Matthew Mar 05 '11 at 02:20

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 27 '11 at 03:54

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this will usually do it:

android:numeric="integer"

edited Dec 27 '11 at 03:54

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answered Dec 27 '11 at 03:24

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 30 '19 at 09:51

Simply use the below lines in the xml file

To accept only Numbers put:

 android:inputType="number"

To limit the length of the input numbers:

android:maxLength="10"

To accept only specific numbers:

EX:1 The below line accept only 1 or 0.

android:digits="10"

EX:2 The below line accept only 2 or 3.

android:digits="23"

Android: Limiting EditText to numbers

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