Android EditText for password with android:hint

Question

Just noticed that android:password has been deprecated, and we should be using android:inputType. Was experimenting with it by setting in my xml

android:inputType="textPassword" 

Indeed it behaves like

android:password="true" 

for EditText, but it seems that if I use android:inputType, android:hint will not work. The EditText will be blank. There is no such issues when using android:password with android:hint. Am I missing something here about android:inputType?

Answer 1

android:hint="Enter your question" or something like this must work. I am using Relative layout with EditText as If you want to use password,say android:inputType="textPassword" for hiding characters and "textVisiblePassword" for showing what you enter as password.

Answer 2

Here is your answer. We can use both simultaniously. As i used both and they are working fine. The code is as follows:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/edittext_password_la"
    android:layout_below="@+id/edittext_username_la"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="15dip"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:hint="@string/string_password" />

This will help you.

Answer 3

Hint text not bold, I try to below code.

When I change inputtype=email, other edittext is bold. But when I change input type to password, hint is normal.

I need hint text to be bold, my code is:

 <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="56dp"
            app:theme="@style/Widget.Design.TextInputLayout"
            >
                <EditText
                    android:id="@+id/login_password"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:hint="Password"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:inputType="textPassword"
                    android:textColor="@color/White"
                    style="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"
                    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_password"
                    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
                    />
            </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Answer 4

Just stumbled on the answer. android:inputType="textPassword" does work with android:hint, same as android:password. The only difference is when I use android:gravity="center", the hint will not show if I'm using android:inputType. Case closed!

Answer 5

I had the same issue and found a solution :

Previous code:

    <EditText 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center" 
    android:inputType ="password" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:id="@+id/password" 
    android:hint="password" 
    android:maxLines="1">
    </EditText>

Solution:

<EditText 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" 
android:password="true" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/password" 
android:hint="password" 
android:maxLines="1">
</EditText>

The previous code does not show the 'hint', but when I changed it to the last one it started showing...

hope this be helpful to someone...

Answer 6

If you set

android:inputType="textPassword"

this property and if you provide number as password example "1234567" it will take it as "123456/" the seventh character is not taken. Thats why instead of this approach use

android:password="true"

property which allows you to enter any type of password without any restriction.

If you want to provide hint use

android:hint="hint text goes here"

example:

android:hint="password"