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How to make a textArea uneditable on Android

I want a text area that just displays text, but doesn't allow you to edit or type. I use the following code for both iPhone and Android. It works like I want on the iPhone, but the Android still displays the keyboard when you focus on the text.

Here is my code

var description = Titanium.UI.createTextArea({
    backgroundColor:'transparent',
    value:'The paragraph of text I want to appear',
    top:40,
    left:15,
    width:290,
    height:225,
    font:{fontWeight:'bold', fontSize:14},
    editable:false
});

Answer 1

Hi Chris, code looks fine but if that is the case then you can raise a ticket in JIRA. for the time being can try touchEnabled : false so the user touch will get disabled.

Answer 2

he only needs hintText, doesn't he?

Answer 3

I doubt you would have the same problem but for this amount of time but try:

var description = Titanium.UI.createTextArea({
    backgroundColor:'transparent',
    hintText:'The paragraph of text I want to appear',
    top:40,
    left:15,
    width:290,
    height:225,
    font:{fontWeight:'bold', fontSize:14},
    editable:false
});

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How to make a textArea uneditable on Android

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