Android:capitalize Not Working

I have a TextView. I'm trying to capitalize the first letter in every word. Here's the TextView:

android:textAllCaps="true"

Otherwise, you'll have to implement this behavior yourself.

Solution 2:

capitalize is basically just a KeyListener that you can set in XML, so it only applies to text input by the user. As the documentation states (emphasis mine):

If set, specifies that this TextView has a textual input method and should automatically capitalize what the user types.

There is a related question on how to capitalize the first letter of every word in Java which has some helpful answers.

Solution 3:

android:capitalize is now deprecated.

Instead of using android:capitalize="words", you should consider using android:inputType="textCapWords".

Depending on your needs, you can also use multiple values, such as android:inputType="textCapWords|textPersonName".

Solution 4:

This is a late answer but I think might help someone...

If you are comfortable with capitilizing the dynamic text in the java code then you can use:

textView.setText(text.toUpperCase()); 

Solution 5:

@Shine's answer is correct I don't know why it was down voted. android:capitalize was deprecated in API 3. Unfortunately the TextView docs fail to indicate this, the proof is burried in R.attr:

R.attr

Android studio also fails to inform you that this attribute is deprecated. Another 30 mins I'll never get back, thanks google!