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Android - Add hyphens to an SSN EditText field while the user is typing
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| ssnEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() { | |
| @Override | |
| public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { | |
| } | |
| @Override | |
| public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { | |
| // if user is typing string one character at a time | |
| if (count == 1) { | |
| // auto insert dashes while user typing their ssn | |
| if (start == 2 || start == 5) { | |
| ssnEditText.setText(ssnEditText.getText() + "-"); | |
| ssnEditText.setSelection(ssnEditText.getText().length()); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| @Override | |
| public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { | |
| } | |
| }); |
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I userf it, but can't remove added hyphens when key down Backspace.
How to remove added hyphens?