How to set Edittext to multiline? - android-edittext

Question

I tried setting my EditText to multiline once and it worked. But when I changed some stuff on the EditText to make it look a bit cool, it doesn't type in multiline anymore.
<EditText
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:text=" "
android:id="#+id/reqdesc"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="110dp"
android:hint=" Enter your request here"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:maxLength="80"
android:background="#layout/rounded_border_edittext"
android:lines="8"
android:minLines="2"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:maxLines="4"
android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/post"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

Answer 1

reqdesc = (EditText) myView.findViewById(R.id.reqdesc);
reqdesc.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT |
InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE |
InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);
InputFilter[] fArray = new InputFilter[1];
fArray[0] = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(maxLength);
reqdesc.setFilters(fArray);
It now works, I put these lines of codes under onCreate.

Answer 2

try this:
Find your Edittext
etReqdesc = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.reqdesc);
Now programetically call: inside onCreate()
etReqdesc.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE);
etReqdesc.setSingleLine(false);
etReqdesc.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_ENTER_ACTION);
your edittext should look like:
<EditText
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:text=" "
android:id="#+id/reqdesc"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="110dp"
android:hint=" Enter your request here"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:background="#layout/rounded_border_edittext"
android:gravity="top|left"
android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/post"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
Remove android:maxLength="80" attribute.