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Asked: 2026-05-18T07:37:01+00:00

In my application, I have an EditText that the user only has Read access

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In my application, I have an EditText that the user only has Read access not Write access.

In code I set android:enabled="false".

Although the background of EditText changed to dark, when I click on it the keyboard pops up and I can change the text.

What should I set to disable EditText?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I believe the correct would be to set android:editable="false".

    And if you wonder why my link point to the attributes of TextView, you the answer is because EditText inherits from TextView:

    EditText is a thin veneer over
    TextView that configures itself to be
    editable.

    Update:
    As mentioned in the comments below, editable is deprecated (since API level 3). You should instead be using inputType (with the value none).

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