Better way to Format Currency Input editText?

I tested your method, but it fails when I use great numbers… I created this:

private String current = "";
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
    if(!s.toString().equals(current)){
       [your_edittext].removeTextChangedListener(this);

       String cleanString = s.toString().replaceAll("[$,.]", "");
                
       double parsed = Double.parseDouble(cleanString);
       String formatted = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance().format((parsed/100));
                    
       current = formatted;
       [your_edittext].setText(formatted);
       [your_edittext].setSelection(formatted.length());
       
       [your_edittext].addTextChangedListener(this);
    }
}

Kotlin variant:

private var current: String = ""

         override fun onTextChanged(
            s: CharSequence,
            start: Int,
            before: Int,
            count: Int
        ) {
            if (s.toString() != current) {
                discount_amount_edit_text.removeTextChangedListener(this)

                val cleanString: String = s.replace("""[$,.]""".toRegex(), "")

                val parsed = cleanString.toDouble()
                val formatted = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance().format((parsed / 100))

                current = formatted
                discount_amount_edit_text.setText(formatted)
                discount_amount_edit_text.setSelection(formatted.length)

                discount_amount_edit_text.addTextChangedListener(this)
            }
        }

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