Multiline edittext android. Allow multi-line in EditText view in Android?, By default all the EditText widgets in Android are multi-lined. Here is some sample code
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/rl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="#f3f1eb"
>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/et"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:hint="Multiline EditText by XML layout"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"
android:background="#d3d7b6"
android:minLines="2"
android:maxLines="3"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
/>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/et2"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"
android:hint="Multiline EditText programmatically"
android:background="#d4d7a5"
android:layout_below="@+id/et"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java
package com.jigopost.multiedittext;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Scroller;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Get the widgets reference from XML layout
final EditText et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et);
final EditText et2 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et2);
/*
This will provide Scroll option for EditText,
but it will not show the scroll bar on EditText
*/
et2.setScroller(new Scroller(getApplicationContext()));
et2.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true);
/*
setMinLines (int minlines)
Makes the TextView at least this many lines tall.
Setting this value overrides any other (minimum) height
setting. A single line TextView will set this value to 1.
*/
// Set the minimum lines to display on EditText
et2.setMinLines(2);
/*
setMaxLines (int maxlines)
Makes the TextView at most this many lines tall.
Setting this value overrides any other (maximum) height setting.
*/
// Set the maximum lines to display on EditText
et2.setMaxLines(2);
}
}
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