EditText edittext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourEdittextID); edittext.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() { public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { } public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { } public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { // the text in edittext is changed. if (s.toString().contains("\n")) { } } });