How to create EditText accepts Alphabets only in android?

Question

How can I enter only alphabets in EditText in android?

Answer 1

Add this line with your EditText tag.

android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" 

Your EditText tag should look like:

<EditText         android:id="@+id/editText1"         android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> 

Answer 2

edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {     new InputFilter() {         public CharSequence filter(CharSequence src, int start,                 int end, Spanned dst, int dstart, int dend) {             if(src.equals("")){ // for backspace                 return src;             }             if(src.toString().matches("[a-zA-Z ]+")){                 return src;             }             return edittext.getText().toString();         }     } }); 

please test thoroughly though !