Live character count for EditText
Here is my list of improvements:


Encapsulate all the logic in a custom textwatcher. This gives you the benefit to make the EnableViewTextWatcher reusable in other parts of your project (if you extract it from the Activity).
Programming against TextView vs EditText and View vs Button will make the code more flexible.
Limit visibility by using private keyword (class members, parameters and local variables)
Make class members, params and local variables final is possible
Follow the general Android coding guidelines regarding naming.
Use meaningful names when naming class, class members, params, and local variables
Use annotations in your code to improve code quality
Use constants instead of Magic Numbers.




public class RoomSelectActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_select_room);

        final TextView roomNumberText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_room_number);
        final View enabledView = findViewById(R.id.btn_go_to_room);

        final TextWatcher watcher = new EnableViewTextWatcher(roomNumberText, enabledView);
        roomNumberText.addTextChangedListener(watcher);
    }

    private static class EnableViewTextWatcher implements TextWatcher {

        private static final int LENGTH_TO_ENABLE_VIEW = 8;
        private static final int ENABLED_TEXT_COLOR  = 0xFFFFFFFF;
        private static final int DISABLED_TEXT_COLOR = 0xBBFFFFFF;

        private final TextView mWatchedTextView;
        private final View     mEnableView;

        public EnableViewTextWatcher(@NonNull final TextView textViewToWatch, @NonNull final View viewToEnable) {
            mWatchedTextView = textViewToWatch;
            mEnableView = viewToEnable;
            updateEnabledViewState();
        }

        public void afterTextChanged(@NonNull final Editable s) {
            updateEnabledViewState();
        }

        public void beforeTextChanged(@NonNull final CharSequence s, final int start, final int count, final int after) {
        }

        public void onTextChanged(@NonNull final CharSequence s, final int start, final int before, final int count) {
        }

        private boolean checkTextView(@NonNull final TextView textView) {
            return ((textView.getText().toString()).length() == LENGTH_TO_ENABLE_VIEW);
        }

        private void updateEnabledViewState() {
            final boolean enabled = checkTextView(mWatchedTextView);
            mEnableView.setBackgroundColor(enabled ? ENABLED_TEXT_COLOR : DISABLED_TEXT_COLOR);
            mEnableView.setEnabled(enabled);
        }
    }
}