PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher

public class PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher
extends Object implements TextWatcher

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.telephony.PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher


This class was deprecated in API level VanillaIceCream.
This is a thin wrapper on a `libphonenumber` `AsYouTypeFormatter`; it is recommended to use that instead.

Watches a TextView and if a phone number is entered will format it.

Stop formatting when the user

  • Inputs non-dialable characters
  • Removes the separator in the middle of string.

The formatting will be restarted once the text is cleared.

Summary

Public constructors

PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher()

The formatting is based on the current system locale and future locale changes may not take effect on this instance.

PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher(String countryCode)

The formatting is based on the given countryCode.

Public methods

void afterTextChanged(Editable s)

This method is called to notify you that, somewhere within s, the text has been changed.

void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after)

This method is called to notify you that, within s, the count characters beginning at start are about to be replaced by new text with length after.

void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count)

This method is called to notify you that, within s, the count characters beginning at start have just replaced old text that had length before.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher

Added in API level 1
public PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher ()

The formatting is based on the current system locale and future locale changes may not take effect on this instance.

PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher

Added in API level 1
public PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher (String countryCode)

The formatting is based on the given countryCode.
This method may take several seconds to complete, so it should only be called from a worker thread.

Parameters
countryCode String: the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country code that indicates the country/region where the phone number is being entered.

Public methods

afterTextChanged

Added in API level 1
public void afterTextChanged (Editable s)

This method is called to notify you that, somewhere within s, the text has been changed. It is legitimate to make further changes to s from this callback, but be careful not to get yourself into an infinite loop, because any changes you make will cause this method to be called again recursively. (You are not told where the change took place because other afterTextChanged() methods may already have made other changes and invalidated the offsets. But if you need to know here, you can use Spannable#setSpan in onTextChanged(CharSequence, int, int, int) to mark your place and then look up from here where the span ended up.

Parameters
s Editable

beforeTextChanged

Added in API level 1
public void beforeTextChanged (CharSequence s, 
                int start, 
                int count, 
                int after)

This method is called to notify you that, within s, the count characters beginning at start are about to be replaced by new text with length after. It is an error to attempt to make changes to s from this callback.

Parameters
s CharSequence

start int

count int

after int

onTextChanged

Added in API level 1
public void onTextChanged (CharSequence s, 
                int start, 
                int before, 
                int count)

This method is called to notify you that, within s, the count characters beginning at start have just replaced old text that had length before. It is an error to attempt to make changes to s from this callback.

Parameters
s CharSequence

start int

before int

count int