How to clear the selection in an EditText?

Question

How do you programmatically remove the selection from an EditText? I've tried:

myEditText.setSelection(selectionEnd);

but that just creates a selection of 0 length at the end of the current selection. I've also tried Selection.removeSelection(mySpannable), and it just puts an empty selection at the beginning of the text.

Rida

do you want to clear text from edit text – Velma

no, just cancel the text selection highlighting – Rida

Have you got your answer ? – Bergh

Answer 1

Calling myEditText.clearFocus();. I think that's what you need

Hayrack

This also hides the cursor. What if I want to remove the selection but keep the blinking cursor? – Winterwinterbottom

Answer 2

To move selection to top:

edit_text.setSelection(0);

To move selection to bottom:

edit_text.setSelection(edit_text.getText().length());

Confine

Answer 3

EditText message = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.sendText);
String text = message.getText().toString();
message.setText(null);

Perseid

Answer 4

Simulate a tap gesture if you want to keep the textview focused:

public static void clearTextSelection(TextView view) {
        MotionEvent evt = MotionEvent.obtain(0, 0, MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN, -1, -1, 0);
        view.dispatchTouchEvent(evt);
        evt.setAction(MotionEvent.ACTION_UP);
        view.dispatchTouchEvent(evt);
//      evt.setSource(100);
//      if(view.hasSelection()) view.clearFocus();
        evt.recycle();
    }

Abott