Implicit "Submit" after hitting Done on the keyboard at the last EditText

Question

I've used some apps where when I fill my username, then go to my password, if I hit "Done" on the keyboard, the login form is automatically submitted, without me having to click the submit button. How is this done?

Answer 1

Try this:

In your layout put/edit this:

<EditText     android:id="@+id/search_edit"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:inputType="text"     android:singleLine="true"     android:imeOptions="actionDone" /> 

In your activity put this (e. g. in onCreate):

 // your text box  EditText edit_txt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search_edit);   edit_txt.setOnEditorActionListener(new EditText.OnEditorActionListener() {      @Override      public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {          if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {              submit_btn.performClick();              return true;          }          return false;      }  }); 

Where submit_btn is your submit button with your onclick handler attached.

Answer 2

You need to set the IME Options on your EditText.

<EditText     android:id="@+id/some_view"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:hint="Whatever"     android:inputType="text"     android:imeOptions="actionDone" /> 

Then add a OnEditorActionListener to the view to listen for the "done" action.

EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.some_view); editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {     @Override     public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {         boolean handled = false;         if (actionId == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) {             // TODO do something             handled = true;         }         return handled;     } }); 

Official API doc: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/controls/text.html#ActionEvent