Android: Enter key move to next EditText

Question

I have an anctivity with 6 EditText... the activity is working good, but I need to click on each EditText to fill it...

How can I make enter key change the focus to another EditText?

What I've already tried

1. I already setted OnKeyListener on every EditText.

switch (v.getId()) {
    case R.id.editText1:
        activity.findViewById(R.id.editText2).requestFocus();
        return true;
    case R.id.editText2:
        activity.findViewById(R.id.editText3).requestFocus();
        return true;
    case R.id.editText3:
        activity.findViewById(R.id.editText4).requestFocus();
        return true;
            .
            .
            .
}

But, when I click on enter key, before the focus change to another EditText, a new line is create on previous EditText.

2. I've add android:singleLine="true" to every EditText. It isn't work on EditText with inputType="number"

Could you please try adding "android:maxLines="1"" too? in my experience there's difference having both of them even if one is "deprecated". I think your option 1 is the way to go in this case. — Tassadar, Oct 24 '18 at 21:29
You could also try with "setOnEditorActionListener(...", in the KeyEvent param listen for event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER and return true when this condition is true, that should stop EditText to do hes default behaviour — Tassadar, Oct 24 '18 at 21:37
Possible duplicate of [Move to another EditText when Soft Keyboard Next is clicked on Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17989733/move-to-another-edittext-when-soft-keyboard-next-is-clicked-on-android) — Ali Khaki, Oct 24 '18 at 21:41
~Tassadar: Setting maxLines="1" a new line is created, but edittext isn't resized. — BrunoTS, Oct 24 '18 at 21:59

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '18 at 21:24

You can add imeOptions attribute for EditText's in your xml:

android:imeOptions="actionNext"

But not forget to specify inputType: For example, android:inputType="text"

For more details check this question - Move to another EditText when Soft Keyboard Next is clicked on Android

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '18 at 04:38

Try this code :

it working fine in otp screen i am using four edit text in this activity follow these step

i am using TextWatcher class like this

/*Textwatcher class*/
public class GenericTextWatcher implements TextWatcher {
private View view;
public GenericTextWatcher(View view) {
this.view = view;
}

 @Override
  public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String text = editable.toString();
switch(view.getId()) {
    case R.id.edit_otp1:
        if(text.length()==1)
            edit_otp2.requestFocus();
        break;
    case R.id.edit_otp2:
        if(text.length()==1)
            edit_otp3.requestFocus();
        break;
    case R.id.edit_otp3:
        if(text.length()==1)
            edit_otp4.requestFocus();
        break;
    case R.id.edit_otp4:
        break;
   }
  }

@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}

@Override
 public void onTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
 }

Use textwatcher in edittext otp activity like this

/*call textwatcher class*/
    edit_otp1.addTextChangedListener(new GenericTextWatcher(edit_otp1));
    edit_otp2.addTextChangedListener(new GenericTextWatcher(edit_otp2));
    edit_otp3.addTextChangedListener(new GenericTextWatcher(edit_otp3));
    edit_otp4.addTextChangedListener(new GenericTextWatcher(edit_otp4));

it works for me please try.

Android: Enter key move to next EditText

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