EditText in Android doesn't show text when typing while using the on-screen keyboard
android, android-edittext, eclipse
Solution
Ok, so I worked out what the issue was!
The code which I didn't post because I thought it was 'irrelevant' contained a thread
public static Runnable updateTimerMethod = new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
sessionTimer.setText(TimerHandler.theTime);
myHandler.postDelayed(this, 0);
}
};
I realised that the thread was basically taking up all of the activity (I don't really know how to explain that properly) by having the postDelayed as 0. Once I changed this to say... 100, then the EditText worked.
Thank you to @NKN who helped me.
This may be specific to me, but hopefully this will help somebody else.
Problem
I have an activity consisting of 3 EditText fields (amongst other things like TextViews and a few buttons). I also have an AutoCompleteTextView with a list of String's using an ArrayAdapter. Whenever I test the app in an emulator, I can type when the keyboard is up but it doesn't show the text (it still gives predictions) and the text only appears in the EditText box once the keyboard is closed down. This happens when I test it on my phone, too. However, it works and shows up as you type on the emulator if the on-screen keyboard isn't up and you're just typing normally. I have no idea why! Here is my Activity XML (where the EditText's are the top 3 blocks) ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/l" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_x="3dp" android:layout_y="5dp" android:background="@drawable/gymbg" > <AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/inputExercise" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:completionThreshold="1" android:inputType="text" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_below="@+id/timeSet" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:layout_marginTop="50dp" android:width="200dp" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/inputWeight" android:inputType="number" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_below="@+id/inputExercise" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:layout_marginTop="50dp" android:width="200dp" > </EditText> <EditText android:id="@+id/inputReps" android:inputType="number" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_below="@+id/inputWeight" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:layout_marginTop="50dp" android:width="200dp" > </EditText> <TextView android:id="@+id/timeMain" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:text="@string/timeMain" android:textSize="32sp" android:textColor="#0F293B"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/timeSet" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/timeMain" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_marginTop="24dp" android:text="@string/timeSet" android:layout_marginBottom="50dp" android:textColor="#0F293B"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/labExercise" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/addbutton" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/timeSet" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:layout_marginLeft="15dp" android:text="@string/labExercise" android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/inputExercise" android:textColor="#ffffff"/> <Button android:id="@+id/addbutton" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="50dp" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:text="@string/add" /> <Button android:id="@+id/startStop" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_above="@+id/addbutton" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:text="@string/startStop" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/labWeight" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="@+id/inputExercise" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:text="@string/labWeight" android:textColor="#ffffff"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/labReps" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignTop="@+id/inputReps" android:layout_margin="10dp" android:text="@string/labReps" android:textColor="#ffffff"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/seePrevious" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_above="@+id/inputExercise" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_marginBottom="22dp" android:text="@string/tapToViewPrevious" android:textColor="#505050"/> </RelativeLayout> ``` and here is the code I used in my activity: (I have stripped out unneccesary code) ``` public class MyWorkoutDiary1Activity extends Activity implements OnClickListener, TextWatcher { TextView seePrevious; DatabaseHandler db; AutoCompleteTextView myAutoComplete; ArrayList<String> exerciseType = new ArrayList<String>(); @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); exercise = new EditText(this); exercise = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.inputExercise); db = new DatabaseHandler(this); exerciseType = db.getUniqueExercises(); myAutoComplete = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.inputExercise); myAutoComplete.addTextChangedListener(this); myAutoComplete.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, exerciseType)); weight = new EditText(this); weight = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.inputWeight); reps = new EditText(this); reps = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.inputReps); } } ``` Thanks for reading