Android Question EditText does not show cursor.

[MitchBu]

In another post, I was looking at a way to use a custom keyboard.

Erel pointed me to a solution with a custom keyboard, but when I set the EditText to keyboard None, I don't get the cursor.

I found this where different calls to Java should enable that cursor and even change the color, but still no luck:

EditText Utils

Subject: Routines for selecting text and cursor management. The result of these routines is visible only if the EditText has the focus ! Reminder of existing methods: EditText.RequestFocus : Tries to set the focus to this view. Returns True if the focus was set. EditText.SelectAll : Selects...

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I will appreciate any pointer.
TIA

 

[MitchBu]

You could try: EditText.RequestFocus and also make sure that: EditText.InputType=EditText.INPUT_TYPE_TEXT (and not INPUT_TYPE_NONE): Check your designer setting.

You do not understand. I cannot use the standard keyboards, because they are inadequate.

However, I was indeed able to set the EditField to numeric keyboard, and to use IME to prevent it to show. So now I get the cursor alright.

Thanks.