how to enable and disable spell check programmatically in android?

Question

How can I disable spelling corrections in an EditText's soft-keyboard programmatically in Android? The user can disable it from settings, but I need to disable it in my application.

Possible duplicate of [How to disable spelling corrections programmatically in Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7330234/how-to-disable-spelling-corrections-programmatically-in-android) — Sergio, Aug 14 '19 at 07:48

Kabir · Answer 1 · 2019-08-14T08:26:52.160

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Android provides a Spell Check service by default.
To disable this service:

For TextView:

android:inputType="textFilter"

For EditText:

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"

Or programatically in activity:

setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS)

If your EditText is multiline:

android:inputType="textMultiLine|textNoSuggestions"

For the android version 8.0 or above :

android:importantForAutofill="no"

textNoSuggestions does not work in every keyboard. So you can check with android:inputType="textVisiblePassword" or android:inputType="textUri”.

edited Aug 14 '19 at 08:26

answered Aug 14 '19 at 07:48

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If you find helpful answer ,you should accept answer and close the question. – Kabir Sep 17 '19 at 06:48
Fantastic answer. – Tyler S. Loeper Nov 20 '20 at 21:52

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