Masked Input Using EditText Widget in Android

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Published on 2010-05-26T11:19:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 11:21 UTC
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Is there a way I can specify an input mask to the EditText control in Android?

I want be able to specify something like ### - ## - #### for a Social Security Number. This will cause any invalid input to be rejected automatically (example, I type alphabetical characters instead of numeric digits).

I realize that I can add an OnKeyListener and manually check for validity. But this is tedious and I will have to handle various edge cases.

Buzzy

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