How to change First letter of each word to Uppercase in Textview xml

Question

i need to change the text="font roboto regular" to Font Roboto Regular in xml itself, how to do?

<TextView
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:gravity="center"
   android:textSize="18sp"
   android:textColor="@android:color/black"
   android:fontFamily="roboto-regular"
   android:text="font roboto regular"
   android:inputType="textCapWords"
   android:capitalize="words"/>

I would do it in the java code – Martin Pfeffer Feb 03 '16 at 13:25 — Martin Pfeffer, Feb 03 '16 at 13:25

score 46 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '18 at 23:58

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If someone looking for kotlin way of doing this, then code becomes very simple and beautiful.

yourTextView.text = yourText.split(' ').joinToString(" ") { it.capitalize() }

answered Feb 13 '18 at 23:58

Praveena

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I was about to import Apache Commons etc - this is brilliant and simple. Thanks! – Ender2050 Jan 31 '19 at 21:34
As much as I love this answer how do I capitalize each word in an arraylist in kotlin? – sanjeev Jul 23 '19 at 05:13
@sanjeev `val list = listOf("abcd","xyz"); print(list.map({ it.capitalize()}));` – Praveena Jul 23 '19 at 07:51
@Praveena Wow thanks..! :) What if it's a model class instead of strings? – sanjeev Jul 23 '19 at 09:05
@sanjeev can you please ask a separate question by including your model class and post a link to your question here – Praveena Jul 23 '19 at 10:00
@Praveena posted check it out.. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57162265/capitalize-each-word-in-kotlin-arraylist – sanjeev Jul 23 '19 at 10:41
This is a very simple and clean solution. Thanks so much! – Randy Aug 03 '19 at 12:34
Don't forget to handle hyphens if you need to. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/460/do-you-capitalize-both-parts-of-a-hyphenated-word-in-a-title – geekley Jun 06 '20 at 01:51

score 38 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '16 at 13:05

You can use this code.

String str = "font roboto regular";
String[] strArray = str.split(" ");
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for (String s : strArray) {
     String cap = s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
     builder.append(cap + " ");
}
TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setText(builder.toString());

score 20 · Answer 3 · edited May 31 '17 at 05:47

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Try this...

Method that convert first letter of each word in a string into an uppercase letter.

 private String capitalize(String capString){
    StringBuffer capBuffer = new StringBuffer();
    Matcher capMatcher = Pattern.compile("([a-z])([a-z]*)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE).matcher(capString);
    while (capMatcher.find()){
        capMatcher.appendReplacement(capBuffer, capMatcher.group(1).toUpperCase() + capMatcher.group(2).toLowerCase());
    }

    return capMatcher.appendTail(capBuffer).toString();
}

Usage:

String chars = capitalize("hello dream world");
//textView.setText(chars);
System.out.println("Output: "+chars);

Result:

Output: Hello Dream World

edited May 31 '17 at 05:47

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answered Nov 01 '16 at 05:57

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Great! I just modified the regex, to this: `"([a-z-éá])([a-z-éá]*)"` For those two letters with [grave accent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_accent) – MontDeska Aug 09 '17 at 22:23
Great Answer :) – Ramkesh Yadav Feb 20 '20 at 17:30

IntelliJ Amiya · Answer 4 · 2019-04-24T10:24:36.627

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KOTLIN

   val strArrayOBJ = "Your String".split(" ".toRegex()).dropLastWhile { it.isEmpty() }.toTypedArray()
                val builder = StringBuilder()
                for (s in strArrayOBJ) {
                    val cap = s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1)
                    builder.append("$cap ")
                }
txt_OBJ.text=builder.toString()

edited Apr 24 '19 at 10:24

answered Feb 03 '16 at 13:02

IntelliJ Amiya

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@sree add `YourTextviewObj.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES);` Programmatic way – IntelliJ Amiya Feb 03 '16 at 13:07
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31697954/edittext-input-type-textcapsentences-not-working-on-lollipop – IntelliJ Amiya Feb 03 '16 at 13:08
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now i am using Kitkat device only, i changed the keyboard settings also, and i used YourTextviewObj.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES); this also, but nothing working – sree Feb 03 '16 at 13:21
this is is for EditText, the question is for TextView, so no imputType is applied, the string needs to be Capitalized – SpyZip Oct 11 '16 at 13:45
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Your link is dead – Cocorico Dec 01 '16 at 14:46
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This answer is wrong. it cannot work for TextView element. It's more for EditText element. – user2167877 Jan 03 '18 at 16:51
@user2167877 Okay. I will check – IntelliJ Amiya Jan 04 '18 at 05:07
@user2167877 https://www.codesd.com/item/how-to-change-the-first-letter-of-each-word-to-uppercase-in-textview-xml.html – IntelliJ Amiya Jan 04 '18 at 05:12
I took a look at the link, did you try it from your side? does't seems it will solve this question. I can confirm: - inputType it works for EditText (). But for TextView it gives a warning and doesn't solve the current question, Attribute android:inputType should not be used with .... - capitalize is deprecated. – user2167877 Jan 04 '18 at 18:58
android:capitalize is deprecated. – Amir Dora. Jul 28 '18 at 20:35
@AmirDe I have rectified my answer. – IntelliJ Amiya Apr 24 '19 at 10:25

Ankhwatcher · Answer 5 · 2018-06-06T08:50:59.013

Modification on the accepted answer to clean out any existing capital letters and prevent the trailing space that the accepted answer leaves behind.

public static String capitalize(@NonNull String input) {

    String[] words = input.toLowerCase().split(" ");
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
        String word = words[i];

        if (i > 0 && word.length() > 0) {
            builder.append(" ");
        }

        String cap = word.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + word.substring(1);
        builder.append(cap);
    }
    return builder.toString();
}

score 4 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

you can use this method to do it programmatically

public String wordFirstCap(String str)
{
    String[] words = str.trim().split(" ");
    StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();
    for(int i = 0; i < words.length; i++)
    {
        if(words[i].trim().length() > 0)
        {
            Log.e("words[i].trim",""+words[i].trim().charAt(0));
            ret.append(Character.toUpperCase(words[i].trim().charAt(0)));
            ret.append(words[i].trim().substring(1));
            if(i < words.length - 1) {
                ret.append(' ');
            }
        }
    }

    return ret.toString();
}

refer this if you want to do it in xml.

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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You can use

private String capitalize(final String line) {
   return Character.toUpperCase(line.charAt(0)) + line.substring(1);
}

refer this How to capitalize the first character of each word in a string

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Feb 03 '16 at 13:28

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Above code will Capitalize only the First letter in sentence. – sree Feb 10 '16 at 07:43

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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android:capitalize is deprecated.

Follow these steps: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31699306/4409113

Tap icon of ‘Settings’ on the Home screen of your Android Lollipop Device

At the ‘Settings’ screen, scroll down to the PERSONAL section and tap the ‘Language & input’ section.

At the ‘Language & input’ section, select your keyboard(which is marked as current keyboard).

Now tap the ‘Preferences’.

Tap to check the ‘Auto – Capitalization’ to enable it.

And then it should work.

If it didn't, i'd rather to do that in Java.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Feb 03 '16 at 13:19

ʍѳђઽ૯ท

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i am using kitkat version device only, i tried this also, not working – sree Feb 03 '16 at 13:22
Sometimes it is better to use that with `Java`.Check this link also: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7573240/4409113 – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Feb 03 '16 at 13:23

score 1 · Answer 9 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/1149869/2725203

Have a look at ACL WordUtils.

WordUtils.capitalize("your string") == "Your String"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Apr 19 '17 at 07:33

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 01 '21 at 04:39

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in kotlin, string extension

fun String?.capitalizeText() = (this?.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault())?.split(" ")?.joinToString(" ") { if (it.length <= 1) it else it.capitalize(Locale.getDefault()) }?.trimEnd())?.trim()

answered Apr 01 '21 at 04:39

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score 0 · Answer 11 · edited May 30 '17 at 19:58

Another approach is to use StringTokenizer class. The below method works for any number of words in a sentence or in the EditText view. I used this to capitalize the full names field in an app.

public String capWordFirstLetter(String fullname)
{
    String fname = "";
    String s2;
    StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(fullname);
    while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
    {
        s2 = tokenizer.nextToken().toLowerCase();
        if (fname.length() == 0)
            fname += s2.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s2.substring(1);
        else
            fname += " "+s2.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s2.substring(1);
    }

    return fname;
}

Eldhopj · Answer 12 · 2021-08-09T05:53:06.333

Kotlin extension function for capitalising each word

val String?.capitalizeEachWord
    get() = (this?.lowercase(Locale.getDefault())?.split(" ")?.joinToString(" ") {
        if (it.length <= 1) it else it.replaceFirstChar { firstChar ->
            if (firstChar.isLowerCase()) firstChar.titlecase(
                Locale.getDefault()
            ) else firstChar.toString()
        }
    }?.trimEnd())?.trim()

score -3 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 11:30

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To capitalize each word in a sentence use the below attribute in xml of that paticular textView.

android:inputType="textCapWords"

answered Jan 23 '18 at 11:30

Er Prajesh

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This cannot be used inside TextView. This is for EditText only. Check Android warning for more information.' – ralphgabb Apr 23 '19 at 14:33

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