EditText onClickListener in Android

I want an EditText which creates a DatePicker when is pressed. So I write the following code:

    mEditInit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.date_init);
    mEditInit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            showDialog(DATEINIT_DIALOG);
        }

    });

But when I press the EditText the action is the typical: a cursor waiting for typing text instead show the Dialog I want.

The keyboard seems to pop up when the EditText gains focus. To prevent this, set focusable to false:

<EditText
    ...
    android:focusable="false"
    ... />

This behavior can vary on different manufacturers' Android OS flavors, but on the devices I've tested I have found this to to be sufficient. If the keyboard still pops up, using hints instead of text seems to help as well:

myEditText.setText("My text");    // instead of this...
myEditText.setHint("My text");    // try this

Once you've done this, your on click listener should work as desired:

myEditText.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {...});

Normally, you want maximum compatibility with EditText's normal behaviour.

So you should not use android:focusable="false" as, yes, the view will just not be focusable anymore which looks bad. The background drawable will not show its "pressed" state anymore, for example.

What you should do instead is the following:

myEditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
myEditText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // showMyDialog();
    }
});
myEditText.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        if (hasFocus) {
            // showMyDialog();
        }
    }
});

By setting the input type to TYPE_NULL, you prevent the software keyboard from popping up.

By setting the OnClickListener and OnFocusChangeListener, you make sure that your dialog will always open when the user clicks into the EditText field, both when it gains focus (first click) and on subsequent clicks.

Just setting android:inputType="none" or setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL) is not always enough. For some devices, you should set android:editable="false" in XML as well, although it is deprecated. If it does not work anymore, it will just be ignored (as all XML attributes that are not supported).

I had this same problem. The code is fine but make sure you change the focusable value of the EditText to false.

<EditText
android:id="@+id/date"
android:focusable="false"/>

I hope this helps anyone who has had a similar problem!

Default working of EditText: On first click it focuses and on second click it handles onClickListener so you need to disable focus. Then on first click the onClickListener will handle.

To do that you need to add this android:focusableInTouchMode="false" attribute to your EditText. That's it!

Something like this:

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
        android:inputType="text" />