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TextView vs EditText in Android

EditText is used for user input fields, where the text can be edited. TextView displays text that cannot be edited by the user, but can be programmatically changed by the app. Generally, EditText is used for text inputs and TextView is used for static labels or messages.

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TextView vs EditText in Android

EditText is used for user input fields, where the text can be edited. TextView displays text that cannot be edited by the user, but can be programmatically changed by the app. Generally, EditText is used for text inputs and TextView is used for static labels or messages.

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EditTextvsTextView

IreadtheAPI'sandseethatTextViewisasuperclasstoEditText,butIhaveashortandsimplequestion:Generallyspeaking,EditTextisused
whenthetextdisplayedissbujecttochange,whetherit'[Link]
constant/[Link]?

Thanks!

android androidedittext textview

askedMay8'14at2:14
user2927724
82 1 6

Yes,[Link],andlettheuserfilloutthe
entiretext.DyrborgMay8'14at2:20

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isaviewsosometimesIuseaTextViewwithanonClickeventasabuttonwhentheneedswarrant(small
buttonsthatneedtolookconsistentacrossversions,simulatingacomboortogglebutton).Ijustapplythe
samegradientthatIuseonmybuttonsandtheylookthesame.GravitoidMay8'14at13:39

6Answers

Ifyouhavedoneanyjavaprojectsbefore,Isee Textview and EditText arejustsameas


JLabel and JtextField .IfyouwanttoaskusertoenterusernameyouwillsetanTextViewwith
("username"textinthat,likeyouwoulddothesameforJLabel).Andthenyoumakeatextbox
appearforusertoentertheusernamethattextboxis EditText .EditTextiswhereusergivetheir
inputsfortheprogram.

UsercannotchangesomethinginTextViewbutprogramcan(Afteruserinputcorrectusername
youcansettextforanotherTextViewbytheprogramsayingthat"Detailscorrect"ifyouwantthat
[Link]'tmakeitappear).Usercaninputanyuser
name,But"username"textfieldor TextView willremainunchangeas"username"justlikeina
normallogininterface.

answeredMay10'14at4:54
SMK
155 10

EditTextisusedforuserinput.

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programaticallyatanytime.

answeredMay8'14at2:25
Garret
689 5 16

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usertoViewtheText(suchasalabel,etc)andEditTextusedwhenyouwanttheusertobeable
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android:text parameter.

Thedocumentationprettymuchsumsitup:

EditTextisathinveneeroverTextViewthatconfiguresitselftobeeditable.

answeredMay8'14at4:53
ajacian81
4,372 7 31 54

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input(displaykeyboard,paste,positionindicator,etc).

Ifyourappischangingthecontenttodisplay,[Link]
userhowevercannotmesswithit.

answeredMay8'14at2:21
EduardoBonet
307 3 8

TextViewisjustlikeLabeltagofHTMLontheotherhandEdittextisinputtype.

SimpletellingTextViewiscan'[Link].

answeredMar24'15at19:54
Ssingh
13 2

1 that'sabadcomparisonanHTMLlabelismuchmoreitalwaysbelongstoaformelement(ifyouclick
onalabel,thelinkedelementisfocused)...AlexanderMar24'15at20:12

EditTextisInputType/Fieldforinputtingtext

TextViewisTextFieldforshowingtext

answeredMay29'15at8:52
GiorgiTsiklauri
57 1 9

Notcorrect,fromTextViewDocumentation: Displaystexttotheuserandoptionallyallowsthemtoeditit.
[link][Link]/reference/android/widget/TextView.htmlsilva96Aug26'15at18:30

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