How can automatically format phone number entering edit text in Android

Question

In my application I am enter in to phone number in dialog box,in edit text enter in mobile number automatically added into "-" example:999-999-9999 this phone number format.

  final EditText text= (EditText)myDialog.findViewById(com.fitzgeraldsoftware.mobitrack.presentationlayer.R.id.Tv2);
     text.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

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

             boolean flag = true;
             String eachBlock[] = text.getText().toString().split("-");
            // Log.v("11111111111111111111","aa"+flag);
             for (int i = 0; i < eachBlock.length; i++) 
             {
                 Log.v("11111111111111111111","aa"+i);
                 if (eachBlock[i].length() > 3)
                 {
                    // Log.v("11111111111111111111","cc"+flag);
                     flag = false;
                 }
             }
             if (flag) {
            //   Log.v("11111111111111111111","dd"+flag);
                 text.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {

                     public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

                         if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL)
                            // Log.v("11111111111111111111","ee"+keyDel);
                             keyDel = 1;
                         return false;
                     }
                 });

                 if (keyDel == 0) {

                     if (((text.getText().length() + 1) % 4) == 0) 
                     {
                         Log.v("11111111111111111111","bb"+((text.getText().length() + 1) % 4));
                         if (text.getText().toString().split("-").length <= 2) 
                         {
                            // Log.v("11111111111111111111","ff"+text.getText().length());
                             text.setText(text.getText() + "-");
                             text.setSelection(text.getText().length());
                         }
                     }
                     Log.v("11111111111111111111","cc"+text.getText().length());
                     a = text.getText().toString();
                 } else
                  {
                     Log.v("11111111111111111111","dd"+a);
                     a = text.getText().toString();
                     keyDel = 0;
                 }

             } else {
                 Log.v("11111111111111111111","ee"+a);
                 text.setText(a);
             }

         }

         public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,int after) 
         {
             // TODO Auto-generated method stub

         }

        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }


     });

Output is : 999-999-999

How can handle exact output is 999-999-9999(3digits-3digits-4digits)?

Answer 1

Try an input filter. I haven't tested it out, but something like this should work.

text.setFilters(android.text.method.DialerKeyListener).

See also

android.text.method.DialerKeyListener

TextView.setFilters