Scrolling EditText inside ScrollView

android, android-edittext, layout, scrollview

Solution

Try:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    .....  
    EditText et = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.wo_task_comments);
    et.setOnTouchListener(this);
    .....
}

@Override
public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
    if(view.getId() == R.id.wo_task_comments){
        view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
        switch (motionEvent.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false);
                break;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

In your case:

public class MyActivity extends Activity  {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    initComments(findViewById(R.id.YOUR_MAIN_LAYOUT_ID));  
}


public void initComments(final View view) {
    EditText comment = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.wo_task_comments);

    comment.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(final View v, final MotionEvent motionEvent) {
            if (v.getId() == R.id.wo_task_comments) {
                v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
                switch (motionEvent.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
                    case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                        v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(
                                false);
                        break;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

    comment.setText("very very long comment"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n"
            + "very very long comment");
}

}

Problem

I have a nasty problem. I have `EditText`(8 lines) inside `ScrollView`. And when I'm trying to scroll text in `EditText` it's behavior is not stable. Sometimes it's scrolling, some times it's not taking focus. This is my layout file, to make my question more clear: ``` <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="8dp" > <TextView android:id="@+id/wo_task_name" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/no_description" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/wo_task_description" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/no_description" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/wo_task_comments_label" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="10dp" android:text="@string/comments" /> <Button android:id="@+id/wo_task_select_comment" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/select_comment_from_template" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/wo_task_comments" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="top|left" android:hint="@string/enter_your_comment_here" android:lines="8" android:maxLines="10" android:minLines="6" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:singleLine="false" /> </LinearLayout> ``` I understand that I'm having this issue because of holding one scrollable control inside another, yet I don't know what to do with this. So, please help me if you can. Thanks in advance. ``` public void initComments(final View view) { EditText comment = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.wo_task_comments); comment.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() { @Override public boolean onTouch(final View v, final MotionEvent motionEvent) { if (view.getId() == R.id.wo_task_comments) { view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true); switch (motionEvent.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) { case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP: view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent( false); break; } } return false; } }); comment.setText(currentTask.getComment() + "very very long comment" + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment\n" + "very very long comment"); } ``` I've tried this, and no result. I'm still unable to scroll my editbox.

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