Only Text in EditText on Android?

Question

I want to only text (input) in edittext in App Android.! example: Only type "Text: A-> Z", Not allow number or special character.?

Please give me idea, how should it be done? Thank very much.!

Answer 1

Try this way,

android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
android:inputType="text"

For more info, you may check http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:digits

Answer 2

I think you can do this by the following attribute in ur xml file.

android:inputType

for more on this see this link:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:inputType

i think you should set it like this:

android:inputType="text"

or try this:

http://www.anddev.org/view-layout-resource-problems-f27/how-to-create-edittext-allow-only-alphabets-capital-and-smal-t12236.html