EditTextViewUtil - util to make edittext look like textview

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import android.content.Context
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
import android.graphics.drawable.ShapeDrawable
import android.graphics.drawable.shapes.RectShape
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat
import android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
import android.view.Gravity
import android.view.MotionEvent
import android.view.View
import android.widget.EditText
import android.widget.ScrollView
import android.widget.TextView


/**
 * Created by Hilfritz Camallere on 28/5/19.
 * to use: EditTextViewUtil.Companion.makeEditTextLookLikeTextView(editText);
 */
class EditTextViewUtil {

    companion object {
        fun makeEditTextLookLikeTextView(edt: EditText, maxLines: Int =4, showScrollBars: Boolean = true){
            edt.setMaxLines(maxLines)
            edt.setLines(maxLines)
            edt.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true)
            edt.setMovementMethod(ScrollingMovementMethod())
            edt.isFocusableInTouchMode = false
            edt.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT or Gravity.TOP)
            if (showScrollBars) {
                addScrollbarToEditText(edt)
            }
            edt.background = null

        }

        /**
         * Edittext needs to have this: android:scrollbars="vertical"
         */
        fun addScrollbarToEditText(edt:EditText){
            try {
                edt.scrollBarStyle = EditText.SCROLLBARS_INSIDE_INSET
                edt.overScrollMode = EditText.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS
                edt.isVerticalScrollBarEnabled = true
                edt.isHorizontalScrollBarEnabled = true
                edt.scrollBarFadeDuration = 0
                //changeScrollbarColor(edt, colorId, edt.context)
            }catch (e:Exception){
                e.printStackTrace()
            }
        }

        fun changeScrollbarColor(Scroll: View, color: Int, cxt: Context) {
            //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9713909/how-to-set-scrollbar-thumb-programmatically-in-android
            try {
                val mScrollCacheField = View::class.java.getDeclaredField("mScrollCache")
                mScrollCacheField.isAccessible = true
                val mScrollCache = mScrollCacheField.get(Scroll)
                val scrollBarField = mScrollCache.javaClass.getDeclaredField("scrollBar")
                scrollBarField.isAccessible = true
                val scrollBar = scrollBarField.get(mScrollCache)
                val method = scrollBar.javaClass.getDeclaredMethod("setVerticalThumbDrawable", Drawable::class.java)
                method.isAccessible = true
                val layers = arrayOfNulls<Drawable>(1)
                val sd1 = ShapeDrawable(RectShape())
                sd1.getPaint().setColor(ContextCompat.getColor(cxt, color))
                //sd1.setIntrinsicWidth(Math.round(cxt.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.margin_a)))
                layers[0] = sd1

                method.invoke(scrollBar, layers)
            } catch (e: Exception) {
                e.printStackTrace()
            }
        }

        fun makeEditTextOverrideParentScrollView(edt: EditText){
            edt.setOnTouchListener(object : View.OnTouchListener {
                override fun onTouch(view: View, event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    if (view.id == edt.id) {
                        view.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
                        when (event.action and MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
                            MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> view.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
                        }
                    }
                    return false
                }
            })
        }

        fun enableTextViewScrollInsideScrollView(editText: TextView, scrollView: NestedScrollView) {

            editText.setOnTouchListener { view, motionEvent ->
                scrollView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
                false
            }
        }

        fun enableTextViewScrollInsideScrollView(editText: EditText, scrollView: NestedScrollView) {
            editText.setOnTouchListener { view, motionEvent ->
                scrollView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
                false
            }
        }
        fun enableTextViewScrollInsideScrollView(editText: TextView, scrollView: ScrollView) {

            editText.setOnTouchListener { view, motionEvent ->
                scrollView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
                false
            }
        }

        fun enableTextViewScrollInsideScrollView(editText: EditText, scrollView: ScrollView) {
            editText.setOnTouchListener { view, motionEvent ->
                scrollView.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
                false
            }
        }
    }
}