Limit Decimal Places in Android EditText

Question

More elegant way would be using a regular expression ( regex ) as follows:

public class DecimalDigitsInputFilter implements InputFilter {

Pattern mPattern;

public DecimalDigitsInputFilter(int digitsBeforeZero,int digitsAfterZero) {
    mPattern=Pattern.compile("[0-9]{0," + (digitsBeforeZero-1) + "}+((\\.[0-9]{0," + (digitsAfterZero-1) + "})?)||(\\.)?");
}

@Override
public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {

        Matcher matcher=mPattern.matcher(dest);       
        if(!matcher.matches())
            return "";
        return null;
    }

}

To use it do:

editText.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new DecimalDigitsInputFilter(5,2)});

Simpler solution without using regex:

import android.text.InputFilter;
import android.text.Spanned;

/**
 * Input filter that limits the number of decimal digits that are allowed to be
 * entered.
 */
public class DecimalDigitsInputFilter implements InputFilter {

  private final int decimalDigits;

  /**
   * Constructor.
   * 
   * @param decimalDigits maximum decimal digits
   */
  public DecimalDigitsInputFilter(int decimalDigits) {
    this.decimalDigits = decimalDigits;
  }

  @Override
  public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source,
      int start,
      int end,
      Spanned dest,
      int dstart,
      int dend) {


    int dotPos = -1;
    int len = dest.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      char c = dest.charAt(i);
      if (c == '.' || c == ',') {
        dotPos = i;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (dotPos >= 0) {

      // protects against many dots
      if (source.equals(".") || source.equals(","))
      {
          return "";
      }
      // if the text is entered before the dot
      if (dend <= dotPos) {
        return null;
      }
      if (len - dotPos > decimalDigits) {
        return "";
      }
    }

    return null;
  }

}

To use:

editText.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new DecimalDigitsInputFilter(2)});

This implementation of InputFilter solves the problem.

import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
import android.text.Spanned;
import android.text.method.DigitsKeyListener;

public class MoneyValueFilter extends DigitsKeyListener {
    public MoneyValueFilter() {
        super(false, true);
    }

    private int digits = 2;

    public void setDigits(int d) {
        digits = d;
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end,
            Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
        CharSequence out = super.filter(source, start, end, dest, dstart, dend);

        // if changed, replace the source
        if (out != null) {
            source = out;
            start = 0;
            end = out.length();
        }

        int len = end - start;

        // if deleting, source is empty
        // and deleting can't break anything
        if (len == 0) {
            return source;
        }

        int dlen = dest.length();

        // Find the position of the decimal .
        for (int i = 0; i < dstart; i++) {
            if (dest.charAt(i) == '.') {
                // being here means, that a number has
                // been inserted after the dot
                // check if the amount of digits is right
                return (dlen-(i+1) + len > digits) ? 
                    "" :
                    new SpannableStringBuilder(source, start, end);
            }
        }

        for (int i = start; i < end; ++i) {
            if (source.charAt(i) == '.') {
                // being here means, dot has been inserted
                // check if the amount of digits is right
                if ((dlen-dend) + (end-(i + 1)) > digits)
                    return "";
                else
                    break;  // return new SpannableStringBuilder(source, start, end);
            }
        }

        // if the dot is after the inserted part,
        // nothing can break
        return new SpannableStringBuilder(source, start, end);
    }
}

Here is a sample InputFilter which only allows max 4 digits before the decimal point and max 1 digit after that.

Values that edittext allows: 555.2, 555, .2

Values that edittext blocks: 55555.2, 055.2, 555.42

        InputFilter filter = new InputFilter() {
        final int maxDigitsBeforeDecimalPoint=4;
        final int maxDigitsAfterDecimalPoint=1;

        @Override
        public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end,
                Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
                StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(dest);
                builder.replace(dstart, dend, source
                        .subSequence(start, end).toString());
                if (!builder.toString().matches(
                        "(([1-9]{1})([0-9]{0,"+(maxDigitsBeforeDecimalPoint-1)+"})?)?(\\.[0-9]{0,"+maxDigitsAfterDecimalPoint+"})?"

                        )) {
                    if(source.length()==0)
                        return dest.subSequence(dstart, dend);
                    return "";
                }

            return null;

        }
    };

    mEdittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] { filter });

I made some fixes for @Pinhassi solution. It handles some cases:

1.you can move cursor anywhere

2.minus sign handling

3.digitsbefore = 2 and digitsafter = 4 and you enter 12.4545. Then if you want to remove ".", it will not allow.

public class DecimalDigitsInputFilter implements InputFilter {
    private int mDigitsBeforeZero;
    private int mDigitsAfterZero;
    private Pattern mPattern;

    private static final int DIGITS_BEFORE_ZERO_DEFAULT = 100;
    private static final int DIGITS_AFTER_ZERO_DEFAULT = 100;

    public DecimalDigitsInputFilter(Integer digitsBeforeZero, Integer digitsAfterZero) {
    this.mDigitsBeforeZero = (digitsBeforeZero != null ? digitsBeforeZero : DIGITS_BEFORE_ZERO_DEFAULT);
    this.mDigitsAfterZero = (digitsAfterZero != null ? digitsAfterZero : DIGITS_AFTER_ZERO_DEFAULT);
    mPattern = Pattern.compile("-?[0-9]{0," + (mDigitsBeforeZero) + "}+((\\.[0-9]{0," + (mDigitsAfterZero)
        + "})?)||(\\.)?");
    }

    @Override
    public CharSequence filter(CharSequence source, int start, int end, Spanned dest, int dstart, int dend) {
    String replacement = source.subSequence(start, end).toString();
    String newVal = dest.subSequence(0, dstart).toString() + replacement
        + dest.subSequence(dend, dest.length()).toString();
    Matcher matcher = mPattern.matcher(newVal);
    if (matcher.matches())
        return null;

    if (TextUtils.isEmpty(source))
        return dest.subSequence(dstart, dend);
    else
        return "";
    }
}

I don't like the other solution and I created my own. With this solution you can't enter more than MAX_BEFORE_POINT digit before the point and the decimals can't be more than MAX_DECIMAL.

You just can't type the digit in excess, no other effects! In additional if you write "." it types "0."

1. Set the EditText in the layout to:

   android:inputType="numberDecimal"

2. Add the Listener in your onCreate. If you want modify the number of digits before and after the point edit the call to PerfectDecimal(str, NUMBER_BEFORE_POINT, NUMBER_DECIMALS), here is set to 3 and 2

   EditText targetEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.targetEditTextLayoutId);
   
   targetEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
     public void onTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {}
   
     public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {}
   
     public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
       String str = targetEditText.getText().toString();
       if (str.isEmpty()) return;
       String str2 = PerfectDecimal(str, 3, 2);
   
       if (!str2.equals(str)) {
           targetEditText.setText(str2);
           targetEditText.setSelection(str2.length());
       }
     }
   });
   

3. Include this Funcion:

   public String PerfectDecimal(String str, int MAX_BEFORE_POINT, int MAX_DECIMAL){
     if(str.charAt(0) == '.') str = "0"+str;
     int max = str.length();
   
     String rFinal = "";
     boolean after = false;
     int i = 0, up = 0, decimal = 0; char t;
     while(i < max){
       t = str.charAt(i);
       if(t != '.' && after == false){
           up++;
           if(up > MAX_BEFORE_POINT) return rFinal;
       }else if(t == '.'){
           after = true;
       }else{
           decimal++;
           if(decimal > MAX_DECIMAL)
               return rFinal;
       }
       rFinal = rFinal + t;
       i++;
     }return rFinal;
   }
   

And it's done!