EditText Input type Issue

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There is a name EditText in my screen. I want to accept only alphabets means from a-z,A-Z and should not accept numbers, special chars.

I'am using inputtype="textPersonName" for that but its notworking, it accepts means showing all numbers, chars etc..

For phone field inputtype="phone" is working it accepting means showing numbers in field` only.

Why like that?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

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Your best bet is to use an InputFilter to restrict the characters that are permitted in your EditText control. You should be able to easily adapt the answer from How do I use InputFilter to limit characters in an EditText in Android? to do what you require.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

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answered Jun 16 '11 at 10:16

Mark Allison

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '11 at 10:13

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You will need to subclass EditText and detect key events. Reject any character other than a-zA-Z This is the only way to limit the acceptable characters.

A person's name could contain a number so textPersonName is working correctly.

answered Jun 16 '11 at 10:13

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 16 '11 at 10:13

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Try using TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PHONETIC

answered Jun 16 '11 at 10:13

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EditText Input type Issue

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