style="@android:style/Widget.TextView"
android:editable="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:longClickable="false"

EditText Et; // initialize your edittext//

Et.setCursorVisible(false);
Et.setLongClickable(false);
Et.setClickable(false);
Et.setFocusable(false);
Et.setSelected(false);
Et.setKeyListener(null);
Et.setBackgroundResource(android.R.color.transparent);

android:focusable="false"
android:inputType="none"

android:longClickable="false"
        android:clickable="false"
        android:cursorVisible="false"
        android:editable="false"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
  <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
  <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#000000"/>
</shape>

<TextView
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:inputType="date"
                    android:layout_column="1"
                    android:id="@+id/dateFromTextView"
                    android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/border"
                    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
                    android:layout_gravity="center"
                    android:gravity="center" />

<EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/txt_postContent"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:gravity="top|left"
        android:text="This is a dummy text "
        android:layout_below="@+id/img_empimage"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:enabled="false"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        style="?android:attr/textViewStyle" />

yourEditText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));

InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)               getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(postContent, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);//shows   keyboard
int position = postContent.length();
Editable text = postContent.getText();
yourEditText.setBackground(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.border));//shows a border around your text view making it look like a edit text
yourEditTex.setEnabled(true);//enables the edit text which we disabled in layout file
yourEditTex.setCursorVisible(true);
Selection.setSelection(text,position-1);`//places the cursor at the end of the text

String s = postContent.getText().toString();
yourEditText.setText(s);
yourEditText.setEnabled(false);
yourEditText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));
yourEditText.setBackground(null);`

<EditText
          android:id="@+id/editTextPassword"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
          android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
          android:inputType="none"
          android:imeOptions="actionDone"
          android:enabled="false"
          style="?android:attr/textViewStyle" />