How to select NOT ALL text when user clicks on EditText?

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I want to select text (not all) when user clicks on it.

final EditText field = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edittext); field.setText("BlaBlaBlaBlaBlaBlaBlaBlaBla"); field.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() { @Override public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) { if (hasFocus) { field.setSelection(0, 10); } } });

But text isn't selected. The cursor appears at the point of click.

How can I do this?

Updated:

Why simple method setSelection(start, end) in "Hello World" app doesn't work?

@nandsito, I want to select any number of characters, but not all text. In above example I select from 0 to 10 (length of text is more than 10 characters). — ilyamuromets
– ilyamuromets, Commented Mar 21, 2017 at 14:38
do you care for other gestures, e.g. double tap, long press, fling etc. or there is no problem in getting rid of them? — nandsito
– nandsito, Commented Mar 21, 2017 at 15:07
@nandsito yes, I do. I want the user to be able to put the cursor and edit any part of the text, but the first click always highlights the amount of text I need — ilyamuromets
– ilyamuromets, Commented Mar 21, 2017 at 15:34

ilyamuromets · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-21 16:08:57Z

I found incredible solution. If I set android:selectAllOnFocus="true" or programmatically.

And simple snippet code works fine:

final EditText field = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edittext); field.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() { @Override public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) { if (hasFocus) { field.setSelection(0, 10); } } });

But if I remove android:selectAllOnFocus="true" or set false - everything breaks down.

I don't know why!!

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