Multiline EditText with Done SoftInput Action Label on 2.3

Well, after re-reading the TextView and EditorInfo docs, it has become clear that the platform is going to force IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION for multi-line text views.

Note that TextView will automatically set this flag for you on multi-line text views.

My solution is to subclass EditText and adjust the IME options after letting the platform configure them:

@Override
public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
InputConnection connection = super.onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs);
int imeActions = outAttrs.imeOptions&EditorInfo.IME_MASK_ACTION;
if ((imeActions&EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) != 0) {
// clear the existing action
outAttrs.imeOptions ^= imeActions;
// set the DONE action
outAttrs.imeOptions |= EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE;
}
if ((outAttrs.imeOptions&EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION) != 0) {
outAttrs.imeOptions &= ~EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION;
}
return connection;
}

In the above, I'm forcing IME_ACTION_DONE too, even though that can be achieved through tedious layout configuration.

Apparently the answer to the original question is Yes but I believe the Android team are trying to make developers think a little bit about how they use the multi-line EditText. They want the enter key to add newlines and probably expect that you provide a button or another input means to raise the event that you are done editing.

I have the same issue and my obvious solution was simply to add a done button and let the enter button add the newlines.

Ohhorob's answer is basically correct, but his code is really really redundant! It is basically equivalent to this much simpler version (full code for lazy readers):

package com.example.views;


import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
import android.view.inputmethod.InputConnection;
import android.widget.EditText;


// An EditText that lets you use actions ("Done", "Go", etc.) on multi-line edits.
public class ActionEditText extends EditText
{
public ActionEditText(Context context)
{
super(context);
}


public ActionEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{
super(context, attrs);
}


public ActionEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}


@Override
public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs)
{
InputConnection conn = super.onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs);
outAttrs.imeOptions &= ~EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION;
return conn;
}
}

Note that some inputType options such as textShortMessage make this not work! I suggest you start with inputType="text". Here is how you could use it in your XML.

<com.example.views.ActionEditText
android:id=...
android:layout_stuff=...
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textAutoCorrect|textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="3" />

An alternative solution to subclassing the EditText class is to configure your EditText instance with this:

editText.setHorizontallyScrolling(false);
editText.setMaxLines(Integer.MAX_VALUE);

At least, this works for me on Android 4.0. It configures the EditText instance so that the user edits a single-line string that is displayed with soft-wrapping on multiple lines, even if an IME action is set.

Following previous answer

public class MultiLineText extends EditText {


public MultiLineText(Context context) {
super(context);
}


public MultiLineText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);


}


public MultiLineText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);


}


@Override
public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
InputConnection connection = super.onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs);
int imeActions = outAttrs.imeOptions&EditorInfo.IME_MASK_ACTION;
if ((imeActions&EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE) != 0) {
// clear the existing action
outAttrs.imeOptions ^= imeActions;
// set the DONE action
outAttrs.imeOptions |= EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE;
}
if ((outAttrs.imeOptions&EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION) != 0) {
outAttrs.imeOptions &= ~EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION;
}
return connection;
}
}

Use this like

<myapp.commun.MultiLineText
android:id="@+id/textNotes"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="100dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:hint="Notes"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:padding="7dp"
android:maxLines="4"/>

for put the action Done, you could use:

XML

android:inputType="text|textCapSentences"

JAVA

editText.setHorizontallyScrolling(false);
editText.setMaxLines(Integer.MAX_VALUE);

I hope its work for you.

Use these attribute in your XML.

android:inputType="textImeMultiLine"

android:imeOptions="actionDone"