android - Use declare styleable to set custom component input type

Question

I have a CompositeComponent (EditText+ImageButton) When clicking on button the edittext content will be cleared. It is working fine. My problem is setting attributes to my component. I am using declare-styleable to set attributes to my component.

I am successful at setting minLines, maxLines and textColor.

How can I set inputtype to my component via xml.

my attributes.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <declare-styleable name="CET">
        <attr name="MaxLines" format="integer"/>
        <attr name="MinLines" format="integer"/>
        <attr name="TextColor" format="color"/>
        <attr name="InputType" format="integer" />
        <attr name="Hint" format="string" />
    </declare-styleable>
</resources>

And usage of mycomponent in main_layout.xml:

<com.test.ui.ClearableEditText
        xmlns:cet="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.test.ui"
        android:id="@+id/clearableEditText2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        cet:MaxLines="2"
        cet:MinLines="1"
        cet:TextColor="#0000FF"
        cet:InputType="" <---I cant set this property--------->
        cet:Hint="Clearable EditText Hint">

    </com.test.ui.ClearableEditText>

Ordinary Edittext usage:

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="numberSigned" <--------I want to use this property--------> >

I cant use ENUM in my attribute.xml. How to refer android:inputType="numberSigned" in my cet:InputType?

EDIT:

This is how I assign properties in my ClearableEditText.java

TypedArray a = getContext().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,R.styleable.CET,0, 0);

            int minLines = a.getInt(R.styleable.CET_MinLines, 1);
            int maxLines = a.getInt(R.styleable.CET_MaxLines, 100);
            String hint = a.getString(R.styleable.CET_Hint);
            int textColor = a.getColor(R.styleable.CET_TextColor, Color.BLACK);
            int inputType = a.getInt(R.styleable.CET_InputType, -108);

            Log.i(TAG, "ClearableEditText: Min Line "+minLines +" Max Lines: "+maxLines+" Hint "+hint+" Color: "+textColor+" Input Type: "+inputType);

            edit_text.setMaxLines(maxLines);
            edit_text.setMinLines(minLines);
            edit_text.setTextColor(textColor);
            edit_text.setHint(hint);
            if(inputType != -108)
                edit_text.setInputType(inputType);

You can see there is no problem with assigning the inputType property to editText.

Answer 1

Lets say you have a custom view named InputView, which is not a TextView (lets say its a RelativeLayout).

In your attrs.xml:

<declare-styleable name="InputView">

    <!-- any custom attributes -->
    <attr name="title" format="string" /> 

    <!-- standart attributes, note android: prefix and no format attribute -->
    <attr name="android:imeOptions"/> 
    <attr name="android:inputType"/>

</declare-styleable>

In an xml layout where you want to include InputView:

<!-- note xmlns:custom and com.mycompany.myapp -->
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

        <!-- note that you will be using android: prefix for standart attributes, and not custom: prefix -->
        <!-- also note that you can use standart values: actionNext or textEmailAddress -->
        <com.mycompany.myapp.InputView
        android:id="@+id/emailField"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        custom:title="@string/my_title"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />

</FrameLayout>

Inside your custom class you can extract attributes as usual:

    ...

    private String title;
    private int inputType;
    private int imeOptions;

    ...
    TypedArray a = getContext().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.InputView);

    int n = a.getIndexCount();
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        int attr = a.getIndex(i);
        switch (attr) {
        case R.styleable.InputView_title:
            title = a.getString(attr);
            break;
        //note that you are accessing standart attributes using your attrs identifier
        case R.styleable.InputView_android_inputType:
            inputType = a.getInt(attr, EditorInfo.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_NORMAL);
            break;
        case R.styleable.InputView_android_imeOptions:
            imeOptions = a.getInt(attr, 0);
            break;
        default:
            Log.d("TAG", "Unknown attribute for " + getClass().toString() + ": " + attr);
            break;
        }
    }

    a.recycle();
    ...