Question

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Disable EditText blinking cursor

I have 2 editText fields in my activity with some text in it:

EditText nameText=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.update_name_text);
nameText.setText(Info.getName());

EditText phone=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.phone_number);
phone.setText(Info.getPhoneNo());

When I run the app on my device and tap on the nameText field, a cursor and a keyboard appear. However, when I hide the keyboard, the keyboard goes away but the cursor stays. How can I make the cursor invisible as well.

When I press enter from nameText, the cursor goes to the phone field and the keyboard is still visible.This is fine. But when I hide the keyboard or press enter from the phone field, the keyboard disappears but the cursor stays.

Is there any way (other than using setOnEditorActionListener) to make the cursor invisible as well in the above situations?

Answer 1

to remove the cursor from edittext you need to set

nameText.setFocusable(false);

and to visible cursor set

nameText.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {

                nameText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

                return false;
            }
});

will show the cursor in edittext…