android kotlin - EditText space validation

MainActivity.kt


package com.example.jetpack

import android.os.Bundle
import android.text.InputFilter
import android.widget.EditText
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        // prevent user to enter first space on edit text
        // user can input space after entering any other character
        editText.ignoreFirstWhiteSpace()
    }
}


// ignore entering first space on edit text
// extension function to prevent input first space on edit text
fun EditText.ignoreFirstWhiteSpace() {
    val filter = InputFilter { source, start, end, dest, dstart, dend ->
        for (i in start until end) {
            if (Character.isWhitespace(source[i])) {
                if (dstart == 0) return@InputFilter ""
            }
        }
        null
    }

    filters = arrayOf(filter)
}

activity_main.xml


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/constraintLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#FEFEFA"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="12dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
        android:padding="12dp"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        android:inputType="text|textVisiblePassword"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed-medium"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.12" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>