Setting EditText imeOptions to actionNext has no effect

Question

I have a fairly complex (not really) xml layout file. One of the views is a LinearLayout (v1) with two children: an EditText(v2) and another LinearLayout(v3). The child LinearLayout in turn has an EditText(v4) and an ImageView(v5).

For EditText v2 I have imeOptions as

android:imeOptions="actionNext"

But when I run the app, the keyboard's return does not check to next and I want it to change to next. How do I fix this problem?

Also, when user clicks next, I want focus to go to EditText v4. I do I do this?

For those who really need to see some code:

<LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/do_txt_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/col6"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:visibility="gone" >

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/gm_title"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="5dp"
            android:background="@drawable/coldo_text"
            android:hint="@string/enter_title"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:imeOptions="actionNext"
            android:padding="5dp"
            android:textColor="pigc7"
            android:textSize="ads2" />

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:orientation="horizontal" >

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/rev_text"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:layout_margin="5dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:background="@drawable/coldo_text"
                android:hint="@string/enter_msg"
                android:maxLines="2"
                android:padding="5dp"
                android:textColor="pigc7"
                android:textSize="ads2" />

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                android:background="@drawable/colbtn_r”
                android:clickable="true"
                android:onClick=“clickAct”
                android:paddingLeft="5dp"
                android:paddingRight="5dp"
                android:src="@drawable/abcat” />
        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

Helfrich

I'm not sure this will work for views that are not siblings, but you can try adding android:nextFocusDown="@id/edit_text_v4" (also maybe try android:nextFocusForward or some of the other nextFocus attributes). – Culminant

@Culminant it didn't work. Notice that the next button is not showing up at all. The button is still the return button. – Helfrich

@KatedralPillon Did you manage to solve it ? If yes then can u post your solution here ? I am facing the same issue. – Crabb

Answer 1

Just add android:maxLines="1" & android:inputType="text" to your EditText. It will work!! :)

Quinonez

doesn't work in my case. :\ <EditText android:id="@+id/loginEmail" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:hint="username" android:singleLine="true" android:imeOptions="actionNext" android:nextFocusDown="@+id/loginPassword"/> – Farceuse

Try setting your EditText's height as wrap_content. – Quinonez

@TeodorKolev Try setting your EditText's height as wrap_content. – Quinonez

Not working also with wrap_content . Setting an inputType solved the problem in my case. – Bixler

This works, but now the EditText scrolls to the right instead of going to the next line automaticly when it hits the right side of the screen. I would like the Edit text to scroll vertically instead and start on a new line when it runs out of space. How do I do this? – Tutti

@Tutti Did u try setting inputType ="text" and android:singleLine="true"? – Quinonez

I ended up writing android:imeOptions="actionDone" android:inputType="text" and writing mEditTextAnswer.setHorizontallyScrolling(false); and mEditTextAnswer.setLines(6); inside the onCreate – Tutti

use android:maxLines="1" instead of android:singleLine="true" as its deprecated – Cheri

android:maxLines="1" android:lines="1" android:imeOptions="actionNext" Its not working – Herrah

Although,` android:singleLine="true"` is deprecated but some how does the trick, while maxLine="1" does not working. – Exciseman

You must set the inputType="text" to make imeoptions work. – Feeble

It is actually mandatory to add inputType attribute for this to work. Thanks for the heads up! – Druse

what if your input type is numeric?!!??!?! – Goulet

@Bixler setting an inputType worked for me, thanks for commenting. – Pansie

Answer 2

singleLine is deprecated. Adding an input type (eg: android:inputType="text") also worked for me.

Use android:maxLines="1" as singleLine is deprecated

Steersman

This is the correct answer!! imeOptions and maxLines will have no effect without inputType – Ampereturn

Answer 3

android:singleLine has been deprecated, it is better to combine android:maxLines="1" with android:inputType="text". This would be the code:

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:inputType="text"
        />

Cloyd

Answer 4

The answers given here were all very helpful, but I was still struggling to get my keyboard's "Next" to show.

Turns out that when you use Android's android:digits attribute in your XML, it prevents the android:imeOptions="actionNext" from working as expected.

The answer is actually to use the deprecated android:singleLine="True". This seems to force the IME Option to be respected.

Old, Non-Working Code

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/first_name"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ- "
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:hint="@string/first_name"
            android:imeOptions="actionNext"
            android:inputType="textCapWords"
            android:maxLength="35"
            android:maxLines="1" />

Working Code

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/first_name"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ- "
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:hint="@string/first_name"
            android:imeOptions="actionNext"
            android:inputType="textCapWords"
            android:maxLength="35"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:singleLine="true" />

I'm not a fan of using a deprecated attribute, but for now it seems to get the desired result.

Maritamaritain

thanks deprecated but it's working !! any issue will occur in future? – Montmartre

Answer 5

single line deprecated so you add below code I think inputType must.

        <EditText 
            android:inputType="text"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:imeOptions="actionNext" />

Herrah

Answer 6

Finally i have got sure solution for this issue Just add these 3 lines in your edit text and it will be working fine

        android:maxLines="1"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:imeOptions="actionDone"

Here you can add maxLines according to your requirement. Do not use singleLine as it is deprecated now. Good luck!

Goblin

Answer 7

These three lines are enough.

android:singleLine="true"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"

Solid

android:singleLine="true" has been deprecated since API Level 15 (developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#singleLine) Please use android:maxLines="1" instead. – Tuft

Answer 8

android:inputType="text"

You have to specify an inputType in order for imeOptions to function.

Nightrider

what if the last item is password in form? – Yoga

Answer 9

below code is force

android:inputType="text"

Smelter

Answer 10

Only this worked for me.

Change it:

android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"

on that:

android:singleLine="true"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"

Uranometry

inputType="text" did it for me. – Infundibuliform

Answer 11

Key here is to set input type and imeOptions attributes

<EditText 
   android:inputType="number"
   android:maxLines="1"
   android:imeOptions="actionSearch" />

Tomahawk

Answer 12

Only put in your EditText xml

android:inputType="text"

Bhatt

Answer 13

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/auth_register_re_password"
    android:hint="Enter Password Again"
    android:imeActionLabel="login"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:imeOptions="actionUnspecified"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:maxLines="1"/>

Heliotaxis

what does actionUnspecified do exactly. – Pforzheim

Answer 14

Add this following lines to in your EditText.

<Edittext
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
android:layout_widht = "match_parent"
android:inputType="text"
android:maxLines="1"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
android:imeActionLabel="Search"
android:hint = "Search Here" />

Autoerotic

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Answer 15

Observation that i saw for this: When you call implicit keyboard for a particular input, the android checks whether keyboard was called for same input box previously or not.

If called for same input box just show the previous ime option for that input box or else check the ime option that is currently set and use it.

There is some kind of caching which is creating the problem.

Unsubstantial