Question

I have added some EditTexts using a loop,

textFieldsLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.LinearLayout2);

    for(int i=1; i <= 8; i++){

        final EditText ed = new EditText(this);

        ed.setText("" + i);

        ed.setInputType(2);

        ed.setLayoutParams(lparams);

        textFieldsLayout.addView(ed);
    }   
}

After this I want to get the text that the user adds into the EditText fields, but I am stuck on how to do this. How would I get an Id for each of these EditText Fields?

Thanks, Oli

Answer 1

just add them to a collection when you’re creating them that you can easily refer to by index or key or loop through or otherwise.

EditText[] etCollection = new EditText[8];

..........

    textFieldsLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.LinearLayout2);
    for(int i=1; i <= 8; i++){
        final EditText ed = new EditText(this);
        ed.setText("" + i);
        ed.setInputType(2);
        ed.setLayoutParams(lparams);
        textFieldsLayout.addView(ed);
        etCollection[i] = ed; <------ adding them to the collection
    }   
}