Android : Clear Text Button On EditText

To Add The Clear Text Button On Edit Text Follow Below Steps.

1. Create New Android Application Project. Name It As "EditTextClear".
2. Now Open Your activity_main.xml and add One Button And One EditText To It.
3. Add Any Image For Clear Text Icon To Your Drawable Name It as cleartext. We Will Set That Image To Button. My Cleartext image is

4. Type The Below Code In Your activity_main.Xml.


activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

     <EditText

         android:id="@+id/editText1"

         android:layout_width="wrap_content"

         android:layout_height="wrap_content"

         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"

         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

         android:layout_marginLeft="19dp"

         android:layout_marginTop="32dp"

         android:ems="10"

         android:typeface="monospace" />

     <Button

         android:id="@+id/button1"

         android:layout_width="wrap_content"

         android:layout_height="wrap_content"

         android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/editText1"

         android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/editText1"

         android:layout_alignRight="@+id/editText1"

         android:background="@drawable/cleartext" />

</RelativeLayout>

 Your Edit Text With Clear Text Button Will Be Like Below.

 5. Now Type Below Code In Your MainActivity.java file.

MainActivity.java

package arshad.edittextclear;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.View;

import android.view.View.OnClickListener;

import android.widget.Button;

import android.widget.EditText;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

Button Clear;

EditText text;

       @Override

       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

              super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

              setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

              Clear=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);

              text=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText1);

             

              Clear.setOnClickListener(new  OnClickListener (){

                     @Override

                     public void onClick(View arg0) {

                           // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                           text.setText("");

                     Toast t = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),

                     "Text Cleared",

                                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);

                        t.show();

               

                     }});

             

             

              }

      

       @Override

       public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

              // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.

              getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

              return true;

       }

}

6. Now Run Your Project As Android Application.

 My Output Screen's Are As Below.

 All The Best :)

Android : Set Input Type.

We Can Set Input Type To The EditText.
In This Tutorial We Will Set Some Input Type Or Method's To The Edittext.

Create New Android Application Project And Name It As InputType.
Now Open Your activity_main.xml file And Add One EditText To It.

Add      android:inputType="number"     This Line To Your Edit text Xml.

Your actvity_main.xml Will Now Look Like Below.

activity_main.Xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <EditText

        android:id="@+id/editText1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"

        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

        android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"

        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"

        android:ems="10"

        android:inputType="number" >

        <requestFocus />

    </EditText>

</RelativeLayout>

Or To Set Input Type To The EditText  You May Directly Set Input Type Using Following Steps.
1. Go To Your activity_main.xml .
2. Select Graphical layout.
3. Right Click On Edittext.
Below Menu Will Appear On The Screen.

4. Now Click On Input Type. New Menu Option Menu Will appear . That all are Input Types.
You Can Select Your Input Types.
Input Types Menu as Below.

I Set Number as Input Type.

Now Set Your Own Input Type To Edittext.

All The Best :)