Hello friends, i am back again with one more android experiment. this time it is edittext. edittext is a view which is used so frequently in android application, specially in applications which has forms which allow user to fill information of any kind.. I need to have a edittext beside a search button. the edittext should fill as much of the width as possible, the button should be to the right and be just big enough to have it's text. it looks like. Choosing the input type configures the keyboard type that is shown, acceptable characters, and appearance of the edit text. for example, if you want to accept a secret number, like a unique pin or serial number, you can set inputtype to "numericpassword"..
Android — creating a custom edittext. i guys, on this tutorial we will see how to create a custom edittext with a clear button. you can see the complete code on github here: https://goo.gl. I have created an edittext for search, which contains in the left side a search icon and in the right side a cross icon: [code=java]<edittext andr how to clear an edittext by cross button in the right side (android forum at coderanch). 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..