Setting typeface of hint in TextEdit

Question

Is it possible to set typeface of hint element of EditText view without changing the typeface of the EditText itself? Thanks.

Answer 1

Don't know if you just need to have them be different, or if you wanted to specifically set a typeface.

If you just need to style your hint differently than your text, here's how you can do it in Java on a per-field basis

1. Wrap your hint text in HTML style tags
2. Pass the marked-up String to Html.fromHtml(String htmlString)

3. Pass the result of fromHtml() to setHint();

   myField.setHint(Html.fromHtml("<i>" + hint + "</i>"));
   

Answer 2

mEmailView.setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
    getString(R.string.app_font)));

((TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.tilEmail)).setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(
     getAssets(), getString(R.string.app_font)));

Answer 3

Did you check android:typeface?

This works fine both for the hint and text for the EditText.

Answer 4

Seems that there is no way to control typeface of hint and typeface of text separately.

Answer 5

In case somebody still needs a solution for this:

 editText.addTextChangedListener(object : TextWatcher {
            override fun afterTextChanged(s: Editable?) {
                editText.typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(it, if (TextUtils.isEmpty(s.toString())) R.font.franklingothic_book else R.font.franklingothic_demi)
            }

            override fun beforeTextChanged(s: CharSequence?, start: Int, count: Int, after: Int) {}
            override fun onTextChanged(s: CharSequence?, start: Int, before: Int, count: Int) {}
        })

Answer 6

the best way to handle this problem is to add a TextWatcher to your EditText and dynamically change the typeface when there's no input in the EditText