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UPDATE NOTICE

1.4.4 Release

Layout updated to support bigger clear icon and end icons (#72).

1.4.3 Release

Add setSimpleTextChangeWatcher() as a better way to listen the input (#69).

Add app:manualValidateError attribute to manually control error state validation (#70).
Bug fix (#71).

Requirements

Android 4.0.3 IceCreamSandwich (API lv 15) or greater

Your favorite IDE

Installation
In order to use it, you need to include it in your project.

Gradle:

allprojects {
repositories {
...
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}

dependencies {
compile 'com.github.HITGIF:TextFieldBoxes:1.4.4'
}

Maven:

<repositories>
<repository>
<id>jitpack.io</id>
<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>
</repositories>

<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.HITGIF</groupId>
<artifactId>TextFieldBoxes</artifactId>
<version>1.4.4</version>
</dependency>

SBT:

resolvers += "jitpack" at "https://jitpack.io"

libraryDependencies += "com.github.HITGIF" % "TextFieldBoxes" % "1.4.4"

Leiningen:

:repositories [["jitpack" "https://jitpack.io"]]

:dependencies [[com.github.hitgif/textfieldboxes "1.4.4"]]

Usage

Table of Contents

1. Basic
2. Enable / Disable
3. Helper Text & Error Text
4. Prefix & Suffix
5. Max & Min Characters
6. Icon Signifier
7. End Icon
8. Clear Button
9. Custom Colors
10. Dense Spacing
11. Always Show Hint
12. Text Change Watcher
13. Dark Theme
14. Manual Validate Error

1. Basic

Add studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes that contains a

studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.ExtendedEditText to your layout:

...
<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
android:id="@+id/text_field_boxes"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:labelText="Label"
>

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.ExtendedEditText
android:id="@+id/extended_edit_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

</studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes>
...

NOTE that app:labelText is optional from release 1.3.6.

2. Enable / Disable

app:enabled in xml or setEnabled(boolean enabled) in Java.

 <studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:enabled="false"
>

3. Helper Text & Error Text

NOTE: setting helper or error text to anything not empty will make the bottom view (which
contains the helper label) visible and increase the height of the TextFieldBoxes. So if you want to
always keep the bottom view visible (height increased), set the helper text to " " when there
should be nothing.

helper text: app:helperText in xml or setHelperText(String helperText) in Java.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:helperText="Helper is here"
>

error text: setError(String errorText, boolean giveFocus) in Java.

Param giveFocus determines whether the field will gain focus when set error on. If true , the field
gains focus immediately.

NOTE: Error will be removed when the text changes (input or delete).

setError("Error message");

4. Prefix & Suffix

! NOTE: Prifix and Suffix attributes should be set to ExtendedEditText .

Use app:prefix in xml or setPrefix(String prefix) in Java to set the unselectable prefix text at
the start of the field.

Use app:suffix in xml or setSuffix(String suffix) in Java to set the unselectable suffix text at
the end of the field.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.ExtendedEditText
...
app:prefix="$ "
>

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.ExtendedEditText
...
app:suffix="\@gmail.com"
>

5. Max & Min Characters

NOTE: setting max or min character will make the bottom view (which contains the counter label)
visible and increase the height of the TextFieldBoxes.

Use app:maxCharacters in xml or setMaxCharacters(int maxCharacters) in java code to set the

max characters count. Use removeMaxCharacters() in java code to remove the limit.

Use app:minCharacters in xml or setMinCharacters(int minCharacters) in java code to set the min
characters count. Use removeMinCharacters() in java code to remove the limit.

The color of the bottom line will turn to errorColor (red by default) when exceeding max or min
characters limit. 0 , as default, means no max or min characters limit.

NOTE: Space and line feed will NOT count.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:maxCharacters="10"
app:minCharacters="5"
>
 <studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:maxCharacters="5"
>

6. Icon Signifier

Use app:iconSignifier in xml or setIconSignifier(Int resourceID) to set the icon that is shown
in front of the TextFieldBoxes if you want there to be one.

You can use setIsResponsiveIconColor(boolean isrResponsiveIconColor) in Java code to set

whether the icon will change its color when gaining or losing focus as the label text and the
bottomLine do. NOTE that if true , the icon's color will always be HighlightColor (the same
as the bottomLine) that will turn gray when losing focus. If false , the icon will always be in
primaryColor .

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:iconSignifier="@drawable/ic_vpn_key_black_24dp"
>

7. End Icon

Use app:endIcon in xml or setEndIcon(Int resourceID) to set the icon of the ImageButton that is
shown at the end of the field if you want there to be one.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:endIcon="@drawable/ic_mic_black_24dp"
>
To make it useful (trigger voice input, dropdown event), you would like to use
getEndIconImageButton() in Java code to set, for example, what will happen when it's clicked (with
.setOnClickListener() ), or anything else you want.

final TextFieldBoxes textFieldBoxes = findViewById(R.id.text_field_boxes);

textFieldBoxes.getEndIconImageButton().setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
// What you want to do when it's clicked
}
});

8. Clear Button

Use app:hasClearButton in xml or setHasClearButton(boolean hasClearButton) to set whether to

show the clear button.

If true , a clear button will be shown at the end when there are characters (ANY character)
entered in the field.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:hasClearButton="true"
>

9. Custom Colors

Primary Color will be used for the color of the underline, the floating label text and the icon signifier
when HAVING focus. You can use app:primaryColor in xml or setPrimaryColor(int colorRes) in
Java. Current theme Primary Color by default.

Secondary Color will be used for the color of the underline, the floating label text and the icon
signifier when NOT HAVING focus. You can use app:secondaryColor in xml or
setSecondaryColor(int colorRes) in Java. Current theme textColorTertiary by default.

Error Color will be used for the color that indicates error (e.g. exceeding max characters,
setError() ). You can use app:errorColor in xml or setErrorColor(int colorRes) in Java. A400
red by default.
Helper Text Color will be used for the color of the helper text. You can use app:helperTextColor in
xml or setHelperTextColor(int colorRes) in Java. 54% black by default.

Panel Background Color will be used for the color of panel at the back. You can use
app:panelBackgroundColor in xml or setPanelBackgroundColor(int colorRes) in Java. 6% black by
default. NOTE that the default color, as in the guideline, is the black ( #000000 ) color with the
transparency of 6%, so when you're customizing and want it to still be transparent you have to set
a color with transparency.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:primaryColor="#1B5E20"
app:errorColor="#ddaa00"
app:helperTextColor="#795548"
app:panelBackgroundColor="#ffe8e8"
>

Ripple Color will be used for the ripple effect when the view is clicked. You can customize it in your
styles.xml by adding the following:

<style name="TextFieldBoxes">
<item name="android:colorControlHighlight" tools:targetApi="lollipop">YOUR_COLOR</item>
</style>

then set this as the theme for your TextFieldBoxes:

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
android:theme="@style/TextFieldBoxes"
>

10. Dense Spacing

You can make the layout compact by using a dense verticle spacing to improve user experience in
some cases.
Use app:useDenseSpacing in xml or setUseDenseSpacing(boolean useDenseSpacing) to set whether
the field uses a dense spacing between its elements.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:useDenseSpacing="true"
>

11. Always Show Hint

Sometimes you may want the label and the hint to show different messages, but need the hint to
always be shown (instead being blocked by the label when losing focus).

Use app:alwaysShowHint in xml or setAlwaysShowHint(boolean alwaysShowHint) to set whether the

label is fixed at top when there's a hint in the EditText.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:alwaysShowHint="true"
>

12. Text Change Watcher

It is strongly recommanded to use setSimpleTextChangeWatcher() to listen the event of changing

text instead of addTextChangedListener() .
This has the following advantages:

1. You don't need to implement beforeTextChanged() and onTextChanged() method when

unnecessary.
2. Avoids potential unexpected behavior, by guaranteeing your code to run after the default
processes (remove error, update counter text, etc.) are finished.
3. When the view is recycled, no manual remove call is needed.

e.g.

final TextFieldBoxes textFieldBoxes = findViewById(R.id.text_field_boxes);

textFieldBoxes.setSimpleTextChangeWatcher(new SimpleTextChangedWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(String theNewText, boolean isError) {
// What you want to do when text changes
}
});

13. Dark Theme

TextFieldBoxes use the color attributes within the current theme and will automatically change its
color to fit the dark theme without additional settings.

14. Manual Validate Error

By default, the error state of the field is validated each time the text changes and also at time of
construction. This means a field with a minimum length requirement will start in the Error state.

Setting app:manualValidateError to true will make the field validate error only when validate()
is called.

<studio.carbonylgroup.textfieldboxes.TextFieldBoxes
...
app:manualValidateError="true"
>
 final TextFieldBoxes textFieldBoxes = findViewById(R.id.text_field_boxes);
// The error state will only be updated when this is called
textFieldBoxes.validate()

All Attributes

ExtendedEditText
Texts

Attribute Description

app:prefix Prefix Text

app:suffix Suffix Text

Colors

Attribute Description Default

app:prefixTextColor Prefix text color Current theme textColorTertiary

app:suffixTextColor Suffix text color Current theme textColorTertiary

TextFieldBoxes
Texts

Attribute Description

app:labelText Floating label text at the top

app:helperText Helper text at the bottom

Colors

Attribute Description Default

app:helperTe Current theme text

Helper text color
xtColor ColorTertiary

app:counterT Current theme text

Counter text color
extColor ColorTertiary

app:errorCol The color that is used to indicate error (e.g. exceeding ma

A400 red
or x characters, setError() )

app:primaryC The color for the underline, the floating label text and the i Current theme colo
olor con signifier when HAVING FOCUS rPrimary
 Attribute Description Default

app:secondar The color for the underline, the floating label text and the i Current theme text
yColor con signifier when NOT HAVING FOCUS ColorTertiary

app:panelBac 6% Current theme

The color for the panel at the back
kgroundColor colorForeground

Icons

Attribute Description Default

app:iconSignif
The resource ID of the icon before the TextFieldBoxes 0
ier

app:endIcon The resource ID of the icon at the end of the field 0

app:isResponsi whether the icon signifier will change its color when gaining or losi
True
veIconColor ng focus as the label and the bottomLine do

Characters counter

Attribute Description Default

app:maxCharacters Max characters count limit. 0 means no limit 0

app:minCharacters Min characters count limit. 0 means no limit 0

Others

Attribute Description Default

app:enabled Whether the text field is enabled True

app:hasClearButton Whether to show the clear button at the end of the EditText False

app:hasFocus Whether the EditText is having the focus False

Whether the label is fixed at top when there's a hint in the E

app:alwaysShowHint False
ditText

Whether the field uses a dense spacing between its elemen

app:useDenseSpacing False
ts

app:manualValidateErr Whether to validate error state only when validate() is call

False
or ed

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