How to get selected text from edittext in android?

Question

I have a edittext in which some text are selected . I want to get only selected text from edittext on click of button .

Please suggest me usable link or sample code.

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Answer 1

EditText et=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit);

int startSelection=et.getSelectionStart();
int endSelection=et.getSelectionEnd();

String selectedText = et.getText().toString().substring(startSelection, endSelection);

Panteutonism

after it if u want to check whether selectedtext is empty or not. you must use isEmpty function . – Equivalency

Answer 2

Kotlin

val startSelection: Int = editText.selectionStart
val endSelection: Int = editText.selectionEnd

val selectedText: String = editText.text.substring(startSelection, endSelection)

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Answer 3

getSelectionStart()
getSelectionEnd()

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