If there is an application containing a login form to be filled by the user, the login button should be disabled (meaning: it shouldn’t be clickable). When the user enters the credentials of the form the button should be enabled to click for the user. So in this article, we are implementing a TextWatcher to the EditText field. Have a look at the following image to get an idea of what is the TextWatcher and how that may increase user interactivity. Note that we are going to implement this project using the Java language.Â
Steps to Implement TextWatcher in Android
Step 1: Create an Empty Activity project
Create an empty activity Android Studio project.Â
Refer to Android | How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio?. Note that select Java as the programming language.
Step 2: Working with the activity_main.xml
- Implement the Two edit text fields, one for email and one for the password.
- Invoke the following code inside the activity_main.xml file.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><RelativeLayout    android:layout_width="match_parent"    android:layout_height="match_parent"    tools:context=".MainActivity"    tools:ignore="HardcodedText">Â
    <!--this is the email edittext field-->    <EditText        android:id="@+id/etEmail"        android:layout_width="match_parent"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"        android:layout_marginTop="64dp"        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"        android:hint="Email"        android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />Â
    <!--this is the email password field-->    <EditText        android:id="@+id/etPassword"        android:layout_width="match_parent"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_below="@id/etEmail"        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"        android:hint="Password"        android:inputType="textPassword" />Â
    <!--login button which set to be false for the enabled attribute-->    <Button        android:id="@+id/loginButton"        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:layout_below="@id/etPassword"        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"        android:enabled="false"        android:text="LOGIN" />Â
</RelativeLayout> |
Output: UI
Step 3: Working with the MainAcitvity.java file
We can also handle both the EditTexts separately. But in this case, to reduce the lines of code, the callback listener TextWatcher is implemented, and the callback listener object is passed to the addTextChangedListener method for each of the edit text.
Invoke the following code inside the MainActivity.java file comments are added for better understanding.
Java
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;import android.os.Bundle;import android.text.Editable;import android.text.TextWatcher;import android.widget.Button;import android.widget.EditText;Â
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {Â
    // two edit text fields    EditText etEmail, etPassword;Â
    // one login button    Button bLogin;Â
    // implement the TextWatcher callback listener    private TextWatcher textWatcher = new TextWatcher() {        @Override        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {Â
        }Â
        @Override        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {            // get the content of both the edit text            String emailInput = etEmail.getText().toString();            String passwordInput = etPassword.getText().toString();Â
            // check whether both the fields are empty or not            bLogin.setEnabled(!emailInput.isEmpty() && !passwordInput.isEmpty());        }Â
        @Override        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {Â
        }    };Â
    @Override    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);Â
        // register all the UI elements          // with their appropriate IDs        etEmail = findViewById(R.id.etEmail);        etPassword = findViewById(R.id.etPassword);        bLogin = findViewById(R.id.loginButton);Â
        // set the TextChange Listener for both          // the edit text fields        etEmail.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher);        etPassword.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher);    }} |
Kotlin
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;import android.os.Bundle;import android.text.Editable;import android.text.TextWatcher;import android.widget.Button;import android.widget.EditText;Â
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {    // two edit text fields    var etEmail: EditText? = null    var etPassword: EditText? = nullÂ
    // one login button    var bLogin: Button? = nullÂ
    // implement the TextWatcher callback listener    private val textWatcher: TextWatcher = object : TextWatcher {        override fun beforeTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, count: Int, after: Int) {}        override fun onTextChanged(s: CharSequence, start: Int, before: Int, count: Int) {            // get the content of both the edit text            val emailInput = etEmail!!.text.toString()            val passwordInput = etPassword!!.text.toString()Â
            // check whether both the fields are empty or not            bLogin.setEnabled(!emailInput.isEmpty() && !passwordInput.isEmpty())        }Â
        override fun afterTextChanged(s: Editable) {}    }Â
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)Â
        // register all the UI elements        // with their appropriate IDs        etEmail = findViewById(R.id.etEmail)        etPassword = findViewById(R.id.etPassword)        bLogin = findViewById(R.id.loginButton)Â
        // set the TextChange Listener for both        // the edit text fields        etEmail.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher)        etPassword.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher)    }}// This code is written by Ujjwal Kumar Bhardwaj |
Output: Run on Emulator
