Android check spaces in EditText

Question

I have a problem regarding Edit Text in Android.

I have a field named Username :

I want that whenever someone writes a username with a space e.g "Gaurav Arora". Then it should raise a toast or error on the login button press.

I did in this way - I simply stopped the effect of space bar with the help of a text watcher as-

public static TextWatcher getNameTextWatcher(final TextView agrTextView) {
        TextWatcher mTextWatcherName = new TextWatcher() {
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,
                    int arg3) {
            }

            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1,
                    int arg2, int arg3) {
            }

            public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {

                String result = agrTextView.getText().toString().replaceAll(" ", "");
                if (!agrTextView.getText().toString().equals(result)) {
                    agrTextView.setText(result);
                }

}
}

But this has not solved my purpose. I just want to implement whenever the person uses a username with space it should accept the space but on the press of login button it should raise a toast

Thanks

Why don't you check if there is space in the text on the button click instead? — Royi, Jan 14 '13 at 09:13
Yes i want to check on the login button that if edittext has any spaces. How can I check? — Gaurav Arora, Jan 14 '13 at 09:15

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited May 30 '16 at 07:16

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Just check if your edit text contains blank space or not.

Use the following code in the onClick() event of the Button.

 if (agrTextView.getText().toString().contains(" ")) {
     agrTextView.setError("No Spaces Allowed");
     Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, "No Spaces Allowed", 5000).show();
 }

edited May 30 '16 at 07:16

Deepzz

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answered Jan 14 '13 at 09:27

Sahil Mahajan Mj

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Deepzz · Answer 2 · 2013-01-14T09:25:45.717

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Try this..

     btnLogin.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            String result = agrTextView.getText().toString();
             if(result.contains ("\\s"))
               Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Space ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    });

edited Jan 14 '13 at 09:25

answered Jan 14 '13 at 09:13

Deepzz

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score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 27 '14 at 06:33

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Simply do this:

TextView.getText().toString().contains(" ");

edited Mar 27 '14 at 06:33

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answered Mar 26 '14 at 12:48

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 07:26

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 String question = txtNote.getText().toString();
 if(question.trim().length() > 0){
    Log.i("LOG", "Has value");
 }else{
    Log.i("LOG", "don't has value");
   }

answered Oct 08 '15 at 07:26

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 17 '17 at 20:47

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use trim() method to remove all spaces and then check for empty

if ( !edtText.getText().toString().trim().isEmpty()) {
  //the EditText is not Empty
}

answered Jun 17 '17 at 20:47

Marjan Davodinejad

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read the question carefully before posting an irrelative answer. Also in case you haven't checked out the base steps for a helpful post , please see : [here](https://stackoverflow.com/tour) – AntJavaDev Jun 17 '17 at 21:17

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 09:40

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Also you can block entering space bar in username, or can give toast or snack on entering space in username .

Can refer this link might be helpful for you Block entering space in edittext.

Let me know if any concern.

answered Jan 28 '19 at 09:40

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