Method setText() in EditText changing position of cursor

Question

I wrote a library with a custom view that was extended from EditText.

I want when user calls setText() cursor will stay at the same position

But by default EditText setText() moves cursor at the beggining

-> setText("1111") ->

How can I fix it? Can I somehow override setText method (or other methods as bringPointToView() and so on)

EDIT 1: It is not a duplicate of this question

Because I want to override a standard behaviour of cursor at the Edittext.

And not force user of lib to call append() or setSelection()

EDIT 2: My Solution

@Override
public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) {
    super.setText(text, type);
    if (getText() != null) {
        Selection.setSelection(getText(), getText().length());
    }
}

While calling `setText()` call `editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());` too — Anshul Tyagi, Oct 23 '18 at 08:19
As I said it is a library. I can not force user to call setSelection every time. I want that it will be a default behaviour inside my custom Edittext for setText. So the question is a little bit different — Stanislav Mukhametshin, Oct 23 '18 at 08:23
Question is a bit different and cannot be treated as duplicate. — Demigod, Oct 23 '18 at 08:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '18 at 08:33

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You should set text to "" and then append will move the cursor.

  YourEditText.setText("");
  YourEditText.append("youText");

answered Oct 23 '18 at 08:33

Asad Ali

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This will only work if you're always editing the end of the EditText, otherwise editing text in the middle of the span will kick the cursor to the end on each entry. – robotsquidward Mar 11 '21 at 14:57

Method setText() in EditText changing position of cursor

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