Decimal separator comma (',') with numberDecimal inputType in EditText

Question

A workaround (until Google fix this bug) is to use an EditText with android:inputType="numberDecimal" and android:digits="0123456789.,".

Then add a TextChangedListener to the EditText with the following afterTextChanged:

public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
    double doubleValue = 0;
    if (s != null) {
        try {
            doubleValue = Double.parseDouble(s.toString().replace(',', '.'));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            //Error
        }
    }
    //Do something with doubleValue
}

A variation on the 'digit' solutions offered here:

char separator = DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance().getDecimalSeparator();
input.setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789" + separator));

Taking into account the locale separator.

Following Code Currency Mask for EditText ($ 123,125.155)

Xml Layout

  <EditText
    android:inputType="numberDecimal"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:digits="0123456789.,$" />

Code

EditText testFilter=...
testFilter.addTextChangedListener( new TextWatcher() {
        boolean isEdiging;
        @Override public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { }
        @Override public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { }

        @Override public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            if(isEdiging) return;
            isEdiging = true;

            String str = s.toString().replaceAll( "[^\\d]", "" );
            double s1 = Double.parseDouble(str);

            NumberFormat nf2 = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH);
            ((DecimalFormat)nf2).applyPattern("$ ###,###.###");
            s.replace(0, s.length(), nf2.format(s1));

            isEdiging = false;
        }
    });

This is a known bug in the Android SDK. The only workaround is to create your own soft keyboard. You can find an example of implementation here.

You can use the following workaround to also include comma as a valid input:-

Through XML:

<EditText
    android:inputType="number"
    android:digits="0123456789.," />

Programmatically:

EditText input = new EditText(THE_CONTEXT);
input.setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789.,"));

In this way Android system will show the numbers' keyboard and allow the input of comma. Hope this answers the question :)

you could use the following for different locales

private void localeDecimalInput(final EditText editText){

    DecimalFormat decFormat = (DecimalFormat) DecimalFormat.getInstance(Locale.getDefault());
    DecimalFormatSymbols symbols=decFormat.getDecimalFormatSymbols();
    final String defaultSeperator=Character.toString(symbols.getDecimalSeparator());

    editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
            if(editable.toString().contains(defaultSeperator))
                editText.setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789"));
            else
                editText.setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789" + defaultSeperator));
        }
    });
}