Customizing the setError icon for EditText

Question

I want to set a setError method to my EditText, with a custom icon instead of the default Android icon. So I tried this:

((EditText)findViewById(R.id.edtTitle)).setError(getResources().getText(R.string.errEmptyTitle), 
         getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ico_warning_small);

It shows me the custom message, but not the custom icon. I tried this as well:

Drawable warning = (Drawable)getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ico_warning_small);
((EditText)findViewById(R.id.edtTitle))
      .setError(getResources().getText(R.string.errEmptyTitle), warning);

Pretty much the same, but I still decided to give it a go. However this also didn't help - I still can't see the icon. I tried to use some other Android system icon, just to see if I see them and no, I don't see them as well.

So what am I doing wrong? Is there any way to set that custom icon?

See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8985295/edittext-seterror-with-icon-but-without-popup-message — Steelight, Dec 04 '12 at 16:56
@Steelight Thank you very much, it worked! Could you please make your comment an answer so I can accept it? — Igal, Dec 04 '12 at 17:24

score 48 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '14 at 18:13

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You need to set the bounds on the drawable before using it in setError.

drawable.setBounds(0, 0, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
editText.setError("error", drawable);

answered Apr 21 '14 at 18:13

JP2014

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THANKS - spent an hour on this! – Mike6679 Feb 06 '15 at 15:49
making a fresh drawable using canvas and paint, the getIntrinsicWidth and getIntrinsicHeight return -1, any clues why? – buradd Aug 16 '21 at 23:00

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 15:31

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If you don't want to show any icon at all, use

editText.setError("error", null);

answered Feb 17 '17 at 15:31

Vasily Kabunov

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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This issue is discussed and resolved here:

EditText setError() with icon but without Popup message

I hope that by extending the answer it would not get auto-converted to a comment.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Dec 05 '12 at 10:09

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 14 '18 at 15:21

    Drawable customErrorDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.error_icon);
        customErrorDrawable.setBounds(0, 0, customErrorDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), customErrorDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight());


 editText.setError("please enter data",customErrorDrawable);

Customizing the setError icon for EditText

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