Whatever I do, I couldn’t manage to make my EditText
multilined inside TextInputLayout
(had to add InputLayout
for character counter).
So when I enter something, it goes horizontally instead of going to a new line after a while.
As you know very well, inside normal EditText
s, multiline does the trick but not in this case. What do you think? Thank you.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:id="@+id/cardView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/adViewNewEntry"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.134">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="@+id/textContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:padding="28dp"
app:counterEnabled="true"
app:counterMaxLength="280"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/save_button"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="10"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
<Button
android:id="@+id/save_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="15dp"
android:layout_marginStart="256dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:onClick="saveToDatabase"
android:text="SAVE"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/adViewNewEntry"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.75"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/cardView"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="@+id/adViewNewEntry"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:adSize="BANNER"
app:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-xxx/xxx"
app:layout_anchor="@+id/include"
app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|center"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"></com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
You can remove extra space above AppCompatEditText by setting app:hintEnabled="false" to TextInputLayout but it won't display hint until you re-enable that.
Layout which wraps a TextInputEditText , EditText , or descendant to show a floating label when the hint is hidden while the user inputs text.
This works too:
android:inputType="textPersonName | textMultiLine"
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