EditText multiline, not editable but selectable

Question

I need a multi-line EditText where users can only select and copy text, but not edit it.

I tried this way:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextHelp"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:imeOptions="actionNext"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine|none"
    android:textIsSelectable="true"
    android:minLines="3"
    android:maxLength="2000"
    android:scrollHorizontally="false" >
</EditText>

However, it seems like textMultiLine|none doesn't work. How can I achieve what I want?

Answer 1

You can use TextView instead

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/editTextHelp"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:textIsSelectable="true"
                    android:focusable="true"
                    android:longClickable="true"/>

Answer 2

You should use and TextView instead of EditText as following if its just for show some text:

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="none"
    android:textIsSelectable="true"/>

But if you want to disable the textinput and maintain multi line perhaps you should try a programmatically approach like these:

    editText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View view, int i, KeyEvent keyEvent) {
            return true;
        }
    });

please read the documentation for more info

Answer 3

Try this

 <EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="none"
    android:textIsSelectable="true"
    />