How to allow alphabets only in EditText Kotlin?

Question

I need to allow alphabets only using EditText (like name) but it's allowing numeric values also

I give FieldType.TEXT_PERSON_NAME -> etField.inputType = InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PERSON_NAME or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS (like android:inputType="textPersonName|textCapWords" ) but it's still allow numeric values. I need to allow alphabets only (like name)

You can use the digits flag to specify allowed characters: android:digits="abcd" — Thommy, May 09 '23 at 09:46
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. — Community, May 10 '23 at 07:12

Dinux · Answer 1 · 2023-05-10T08:05:44.920

You can use the following code to allow only alphabets in an EditText:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/your_id"
    android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

This will allow the user to enter only lowercase, uppercase letters and spaces. If you want to allow special characters or non-English letters, then you can add them to the android:digits list.

How to allow alphabets only in EditText Kotlin?

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