textCapSentences works on emulator but doesn't work on real device

Question

In my app, for particular EditText, I want first letter of the sentence to be Capital/Upper case. So I used android:inputType="textCapSentences".

The strange thing is this works on emulator, but doesn't work on emulator. I even tried android:capitalize="sentences" even though it's deprecated, but it didn't work.

Related facts:

Emulator OS: 4.0.3
Real device OS: 4.0.4
App minSdk version: 2.3.3

I also tried with emulator with 4.2.2 OS but the result was same.

Can anyone suggest anything I can try? Any help appreciated.

Which device did you test against? Did you try with different device/model? — ozbek, Jul 18 '13 at 14:48
Unfortunately, I have only 1 device with me right now i.e. Micromax Canvas A100 — GAMA, Jul 18 '13 at 14:49
http://stackoverflow.com/a/22321964/1939564 check this might help! — Muhammad Babar, Sep 21 '14 at 05:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

Have you tried setting this programmatically?

EditText input = new EditText(this);
input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);

Moreover, you have to be aware that "Input method editors (IMEs) do not have to honor all the settings in android:inputType. Those are suggestions or requests that you are making, not demands."(android:inputType="textCapSentences" Not Always Honored)

textCapSentences works on emulator but doesn't work on real device

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