Question

I’m trying to disable predictive text for a given EditText, as explained here, but I still get the autocomplete by the prediction…

I’ve got a Samsung Galaxy S with XT9 enabled.

Anybody can help?

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/search_field"
    android:layout_width="300dp"
    android:layout_height="27dp"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_searchfield"
    android:hint="@string/search_hint"
    android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
    android:inputType="text|textNoSuggestions|textFilter"/>

Answer 1

A comment from this SO question suggests that the xml attribute doesn’t work for some models, but that the java-method does work in these cases. So try this:

edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

edit:

As suggested in the comment below, here’s an xml alternative that has worked:

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions|textVisiblePassword"