You could use android:editable="false" but I would really advise you to use setEnabled(false) as it provides a visual clue to the user that the control cannot be edited. The same visual cue is used by all disabled widgets and consistency is good :)
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:23 PM, frizzo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you. However, setEnabled(false) disables the entire control > (e.g. grays it out, etc..). I don't really want that. I simply want > the user to be unable to change a value in the EditText widget. > > Btw, the reason, I don't just use a TextView widget is that readonly > is only needed when certain conditions are met. > > Thanks. > > On Mar 15, 11:14 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: >> setEnabled(false). You may want a simple TextView inside too. >> >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:13 PM, frizzo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I can't seem to find a method that does that. Is there a way to do >> > it? >> >> > Thanks. >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
