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Set inputType for an EditText Programmatically ... Home Public Questions Tags Users Collectives ExploreCollectives FindaJob Jobs Companies Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam CollectivesonStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. Learnmore Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore EditText,inputTypevalues(XML) AskQuestion Asked 11years,7monthsago Active 7monthsago Viewed 178ktimes 134 54 WherecanIfindthevaluesthatInputTypecanhas? I'mawareofhttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/InputType.html,buthowshouldthevalueslooklikeinlayoutXMLfiles? androidlayoutandroid-edittextandroid-inputtype Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedApr1at19:53 Syscall 17.2k99goldbadges2525silverbadges4444bronzebadges askedApr26'10at10:43 jgauffinjgauffin 96.6k4141goldbadges229229silverbadges355355bronzebadges 3 2 Abitlateintheday,butIthinkthismightbewhatyou'relookingfor:developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html – ChrisV Jun23'10at21:01 3 Thismaybewhatyou'relookngfor:developer.android.com/reference/android/… – RobbieMatthews Aug19'11at14:36 1 Specificallydeveloper.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#inputType – cottonBallPaws Feb12'13at17:02 Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Active Oldest Votes 313 Youcanusethepropertiestabineclipsetosetvariousvalues. hereareallthepossiblevalues none text textCapCharacters textCapWords textCapSentences textAutoCorrect textAutoComplete textMultiLine textImeMultiLine textNoSuggestions textUri textEmailAddress textEmailSubject textShortMessage textLongMessage textPersonName textPostalAddress textPassword textVisiblePassword textWebEditText textFilter textPhonetic textWebEmailAddress textWebPassword number numberSigned numberDecimal numberPassword phone datetime date time Checkhereforexplanations:http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:inputType Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMay22'14at19:51 DheerajBhaskar 17.6k99goldbadges5959silverbadges6565bronzebadges answeredApr26'10at11:11 RaviVyasRaviVyas 11.9k66goldbadges2929silverbadges4545bronzebadges 2 53 developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/… – Josh Jun15'11at14:35 Description...? – YoushaAleayoub Sep12'16at17:24 Addacomment  |  31 Supplementalanswer Hereishowthestandardkeyboardbehavesforeachoftheseinputtypes. Seethisanswerformoredetails. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr3'18at4:04 SuragchSuragch 397k256256goldbadges12291229silverbadges12661266bronzebadges 1 Perfectexamplewithvidoeabouthowyourkeyboardlooklikeafterusinginputtype – Ashish Sep10'20at5:08 Addacomment  |  0 android:inputMethod isdeprecated,insteaduseinputType: android:inputType="numberPassword" Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJan2'20at20:56 dsh 11.5k33goldbadges2828silverbadges4949bronzebadges answeredFeb19'19at18:34 HamedJalilianiHamedJaliliani 2,4572020silverbadges2929bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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