Prevent enter key on EditText but still show the text as multi-line

Question

How do I make an EditText on Android such that the user may not enter a multi-line text, but the display is still multi-line (i.e. there is word-wrap instead of the text going over to the right)?

It's similar to the built-in SMS application where we can't input newline but the text is displayed in multiple lines.

Answer 1

I would subclass the widget and override the key event handling in order to block the Enter key:

class MyTextView extends EditText {     ...     @Override     public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)     {         if (keyCode==KeyEvent.KEYCODE_ENTER)          {             // Just ignore the [Enter] key             return true;         }         // Handle all other keys in the default way         return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);     } }