How to disable spelling corrections programmatically in Android

java android android-edittext android-softkeyboard spell-checking

Set this in your layout's xml for your EditText:

android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"

Or call setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS) in your Activity'

If you need to support API 4 and below, use android:inputType="textFilter"

java android android-edittext android-softkeyboard spell-checking

If setting:

 android:inputType="textNoSuggestions"

still doesn't work (and your text field is small), a quick work-around is to use:

 android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"

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