EditText Example in android

EditText is also known as text field in HTML and some other languages, in android we use the term EditText

strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>

    <string name="app_name">EditText Example</string>

    <string name="button_name">Display Entered Text</string>

</resources>

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <EditText

        android:id="@+id/editText1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_marginTop="32dp"

        android:ems="10"

        android:inputType="text" />

    <Button

        android:id="@+id/button1"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_below="@+id/editText1"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_marginTop="41dp"

        android:text="@string/button_name" />

MainActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.View;

import android.view.View.OnClickListener;

import android.widget.Button;

import android.widget.EditText;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

       EditText edit;

       Button button;

       @Override

       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

              super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

              setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

              edit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);

              button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);

              button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                     @Override

                     public void onClick(View v) {

                           String name = edit.getText().toString();

                           Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), " " + name,

                                         Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                     }

              });

       }

}