programmatically set edit text hint in android?

Question

is there a way to set the text hint displayed inside of an android edittext with java? I would like for my app to be able to display different things in the edittext at different times, thanks in advance

Answer 1

Call setHint() on the EditText.

Answer 2

You can try following,

Throw an android:hint="hint text" into your EditText xml tag.

Answer 3

If you are using simple Editext without TextInputLayout :

EditText etUsername;
etUsername = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etUsername);
etUsername.setHint("Your Hint");

If you are using Editext within TextInputLayout then you need to change property of TextInputLayout not Edittext:

TextInputLayout layoutUser;
layoutUser = (TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.inputLayoutUname);
layoutUser.setHint(getResources().getString(R.string.hintFaculty));

Answer 4

((TextView) findViewById(R.id.yourEditTextId)).setHint("hint text");

Answer 5

if you are using actionbarsherlock searchview, this is the best way to set string dynamically

   AutoCompleteTextView searchTextView =
                    (AutoCompleteTextView) mSearchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_src_text);

searchTextView.setHint(getResources().getString(R.string.search));

Answer 6

for editText.hint you must delete name of your edit.Text from activity_main.xml then set in the MainActivity in java or activity_main.xml because text is preferred to hint.