If you want a quick and dirty solution you could try putting an EditText over a TextView, with an OnTextChanged listener set to immediately add what you've typed to the TextView. If you want a clean solution, however, I would advice going with TreKing's suggesting of extending the EditText.
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:07 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Bobbie <bobbie.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's called real time text. >> > > Ah. > > >> With the RTT standard, you are supposed to send each character typed, as >> you type it, so it's actually a great chat app for what I need to do. >> > > Ah. > > It's just that the cursor has to stay at the end so they can't go back and >> insert text in the middle of the message. >> > > For such custom functionality of an existing widget, you're probably best > off extending the class and overriding appropriate methods. > > Thanks for your criticizing instead of helping. >> > > Anytime. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en