How to make edit text scrollable in android?

Question

I am developing the UI for one activity.In that activity I have added one scroll view .In that scroll view I have added one linear layout & in that linear layout I have added one edit text.Now I want to make that edit text as scrollable so how it will be possible?

You need to have enough controls in layout for the scroll bar to become active. Not sure with one edit text you can get it to scroll. — Wand Maker, Jul 05 '13 at 14:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 05 '13 at 16:54

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Try this code..

  // For horizontal scroll  
 android:scrollHorizontally="true"  

  //For vertical scroll
 android:scrollbars = "vertical"

edited Jul 05 '13 at 16:54

ridoy

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answered Jul 05 '13 at 14:33

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try this *android:scrollbars = "vertical"* in your Edittext tag in xml – Benil Mathew Jul 05 '13 at 14:39

Guilherme Gregores · Answer 2 · 2013-07-05T16:41:59.310

You can't put a scrollview inside of a scrollview

<ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/scrollView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="100dp" >


        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editText1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:text="KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK" >

            <requestFocus />
        </EditText>

    </ScrollView>

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

From XML you can try with..

<EditText
    android:id ="@+id/editInput"
    android:layout_width ="0dip" 
    android:layout_height ="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_weight ="1" 
    android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
    android:maxLines ="4" 
    android:maxLength ="2000"   />

Else, follow these..

How to make edit text scrollable in android?

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