Can I get the default hint color of an EditText?

Question

Is there a way to get the hint color from an EditText?

I need the color to set it as the text color of the EditText too

You should be able to tell what color the hint is in and then use it to set your textColor attribute! — Eenvincible, Mar 18 '14 at 17:46

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:48

12

I guess you could use this:

final ColorStateList colors = editText.getHintTextColors();
editText.setTextColor(colors);

Note that hint color is actually a ColorStateList.

answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:48

Tadej

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '18 at 12:06

3

Late response (but worth it). You can use:

<EditText
    ...
    android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorHint" />

answered Dec 22 '18 at 12:06

RonTLV

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:47

1

You can make use of the getHintTextColors() API. Check this documentation.

answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:47

AndyFaizan

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