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Disable built-in spell checking on Ice Cream Sandwich


So this is a fairly odd problem: I am currently working on an app using the latest SDK/ADT with my android:minSdkVersion set to 8.



When the app is deployed onto an ICS device (Galaxy Nexus), android is adding red-squiggly underlines to words it thinks are miss-spelled in TextView widgets.



See screenshot: Galaxy Nexus TextView with spellcheck



The layout in question:




<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:editable="false"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:text="This is a test of a TextView showing the spell checking when it shouldn&apos;t. Phunware.com loves the game Baldr Force. Funimation.com"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" >
</TextView>

</LinearLayout>



I have tried adding android:editable="false" to the widgets, with no effect.


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Comments

  1. It looks like if you have the android:inputType specified, this enabled spell check on a widget. Oops!

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  2. The way to disable it is to set inputType to "textNoSuggestions"

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