Hi Leigh,

try this,
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);
this is for numbers.

InputType contains lot of constants like TYPE_CLASS_DATETIME,
TYPE_CLASS_PHONE etc. You choose according to your requirement.

Thanks

On Nov 22, 7:41 pm, "Leigh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have editText which accepts numeric details with an optional text suffix, 
> (ie. 90.895t).
> I am using addTextChangedListeners and pattern/match to ensure correct data 
> entry.
>
> Planning to call text soft keyboard in number/symbol view initally, with text 
> view obtainable from this keyboard.
>
> I have tried inputType variations, with the only suitable view being datetime,
> this however only allows enrty text entry in the datetime format.
>
> As the pre-existing attributes are ignored if inputType has been defined, 
> there is no way of tweaking inputType attributes?
>
> Or is there a simpler way of calling up specific soft keyboards (numeric, 
> symbol, text)?

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