How to empty edittext without setText("");

Question

Is there a way to reset the edittext value without setting text like:

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId)).setText("");

EDIT:

Textchanged listner is called when i use setText("").

Stratify

if u want programmatically then u have to use this method i think. – Otila

Answer 1

Another option is: EditText.getText().clear(); But you'll have to cast anyway:

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId)).getText().clear();

Set

good one but if he will use like this then he can also use setText("") also i think – Otila

Thanks for the answer. Actually, I thought this answer would clear my bug. Still its the answer i was expecting :) – Stratify

This works, but if you try to write something in the EditText again the initial text appears again – Fairchild

if anyone is getting the issue please use editText.post(() -> editText.getText().clear()); – Toaster

Answer 2

you can use following way

Kotlin:

myEditText.text.clear()

Java:

EditText myEditText = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId));
myEditText.getText().clear()

Aqua

Answer 3

A function for that would be:

fun setTextViewEmpty(textView: TextView){
(textView as EditText ).text.clear()   }

inspired by this

Astraphobia

Answer 4

I had a case where a Samsung device was not blanking out text with setText(""), so I used:

String BLANK = "\u0020"; // space character

setText (BLANK);

and it worked this way. It may have been a font issue.

Nicholasnichole

Answer 5

if anyone is finding the selected answer not working please try with

editText.post(() -> editText.getText().clear());

or

editText.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                editText.getText().clear();
            }
        });

Toaster