Coding With Fun
Home Docker Django Node.js Articles Python pip guide FAQ Policy

How does textwatcher work with edittext on android?


Asked by Edgar Lawrence on Nov 29, 2021 Android



EditText uses TextWatcher interface to watch change made over EditText. For doing this, EditText calls the addTextChangedListener () method.
Besides,
There are some use cases where one might need to detect text changes as they are typed in the EditText and react accordingly. One use case could be showing auto suggest values. The TextWatcher interface can be used for listening in for changes in text in an EditText.
Also Know, If you take a look at EditText’s documentation, you won’t see any obvious way to wire the TextWatcher to it. But since EditText is subclassed from TextView, we have access to the addTextChangedListener method. This method takes an instance of the TextWatcher as its only parameter.
Furthermore,
Android EditText is a subclass of TextView. EditText is used for entering and modifying text. While using EditText width, we must specify its input type in inputType property of EditText which configures the keyboard according to input.
Indeed,
Implementing Text watcher is quite easy, you have to call addTextChangedListener () method and pass the reference to TextWatcher instance. You can override the following TextWatcher class method to take various actions when the content of EditText changes.