How to display a something from an EditText?

onClickListener merely responds to user clicks. You need to implement a TextWatcher on your EditText. The most straightforward way of doing this is to implement TextWatcher in your class, then make a call to myEditText.addTextChangedListener(this).

I recommend adding something like the following to your onTextChanged method:

@Override public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { myTextView.setText(myTextView.getText()+s);//or something like this... } 

I usually use GetDlgItemText.

char Buffer[120]; GetDlgItemText(hwndDlg, (control), buffer, sizeof(buffer)); 

This will read it and store it in buffer.

In the EditText the getText call should you return the String, I don't believe you need to call the ToString method on it. The way you are using it in the onClickListener implies you have a button that should be calling a function to set the text into the textview. If you want it dynamically you should be able to use onTextChanged to fill in the data.

First of all check whether the control is coming to your setOnClickListener(). Put in a Log to find that out.

Next make sure that "add" is the button or item that u r using to initiate the copy process.

This statement of yours is correct.

myTextView.setText(myEditText.getText().toString()); 

Though you do not require the toString(). Doesnt really make a difference. I suggest you check that your textview and edittext is fine.

have you check the visibility of textview ?before clicking add button it is invisible rite?then u have to set the visibility on add button click.

From your code i understood that there is a button here too so try this should work:

public class Activity1 extends Activity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); Button btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.mybutton); btn.setOnClickListener(btncall); } private OnClickListener btncall = new OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { TextView mytextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.MytextView); EditText myeditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.MyeditText); mytextView.setText(myeditText.getText().toString()); } }; 

}