Recommendations on the use of an EditText

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I need a way to take text from a "EditText" as soon as the user presses "Enter" and it should also call a method if it loses focus.

I created EditText like this:

 <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/button2"
        android:ems="10" >

[here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1489852/android-handle-enter-in-an-edittext) is it. — Simon Dorociak, Jun 14 '12 at 10:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Use an EditText action listener. Refer to this question, it's probably the same: Handle Enter in EditText

For detecting loss in focus:

if(!(et.isFocused)){
  //call your method here
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Jun 14 '12 at 10:26

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Hello, I can have a method that handles the event? – Antilope Jun 14 '12 at 12:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '12 at 10:32

To receive key presses your EditText needs to have focus:

editText1.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
editText1.requestFocus();

then set the onkeylistener():

editText1.setonKeyListener(new OnKeyListener(

@override onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if(event.getAction()==KeyEvent.ACTION_UP && keyCode==KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER){
// what you need to do when Enter is pressed
return true;

}else return false;

}

For focus lost, you need to implement the View.onFocusChange interface and check that hasFocus is false

Check this similar question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1109022/how-to-close-hide-the-android-soft-keyboard — Mohamed_AbdAllah, Jun 14 '12 at 10:40

Recommendations on the use of an EditText

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