To Change the default height of EditText Cursor we need to create a drawable XML file with shape tag.
Create editext_cursor.xml and place it under res->drawable directory.
- Set the shape as rectangle.
- Using size tag we can set the width of the cursor.
- Using solid tag we can set the color of EditText Curosor.
To adjust the height of the cursor we need to make use of padding tag, with attributes android:bottom and android:top we can trim or increase the cursor height. This could be really useful when you are creating a custom EditText with ruled lines (like a notebook).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="1dip" />
<solid android:color="#010101" />
<padding
android:bottom="-11sp"
android:top="-2sp" />
<stroke android:color="#e71839" />
</shape>
Now in your layout file add android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/editext_cursor" to the EditText tag in the activity.xml file.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ebm="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#f2f2f2"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/editext_cursor"
android:textSize="20sp">
</EditText>
</RelativeLayout>
Note that this will only work if you have set mimSDK as 12 or above.
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