Question

So I’m having three EditText- boxes and when the user presses enter in one of them I want to move on the next one.

I tried:

final EditText email = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
email.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

        if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
            (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {

            findViewById(R.id.editText2).requestFocus();
          return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});


final EditText pass = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
pass.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

        if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
            (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {

            findViewById(R.id.editText3).requestFocus();
          return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});



final EditText passrep = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText3);
passrep.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

        if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
            (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {

            findViewById(R.id.button1).requestFocus();
          return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

but with this code the focus jumps from editText1 to editText3 on keyboard enter.

What works is this (which i found out by accident):

final EditText email = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
email.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

        if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
            (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {

            findViewById(R.id.editText2).requestFocus();
          return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});


final EditText pass = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
email.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

        if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
            (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {

            findViewById(R.id.editText3).requestFocus();
          return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});



final EditText passrep = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText3);
email.setOnKeyListener(new OnKeyListener() {
    public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {

        if ((event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN) &&
            (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)) {

            findViewById(R.id.button1).requestFocus();
          return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
});

e.g., setting three different OnKeyListeners all for the same EditText (email).

What am I missing here? This is my layout:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText1"
    android:layout_width="234dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
    android:hint="Email" >

</EditText>

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText2"
    android:layout_width="234dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
    android:hint="Password" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText3"
    android:layout_width="234dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
    android:hint="Confirm Password" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_width="123dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:layout_marginTop="35dp"
    android:text="@string/submit" />

Answer 1

Actually what is happening here is all of your EditTexts are listening for key event ALL THE TIME whether they are in focus or not

You need to use OnEditorActionListener for Done/Enter/Go/Search key

editText.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() {        
    @Override
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        if(actionId==EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE){
            //do something
        }
    return false;
    }
});