Can EditText's error message icon be changed?

Question

In EditText, errors can be set programmatically like this:

if(TextUtils.isEmpty(nameEditText.getText()))
     nameEditText.setError(getString("This field is required"));

And as a result, this would show up:

enter image description here

Is there any way to change the error icon to an image or drawable?

this post may help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8985295/edittext-seterror-with-icon-but-without-popup-message — Giru Bhai, Jun 05 '14 at 08:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '14 at 08:30

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you can use setError(CharSequence, Drawable). Here the documentation

answered Jun 05 '14 at 08:30

Blackbelt

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '14 at 08:30

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You can use

if(TextUtils.isEmpty(nameEditText.getText()))
 nameEditText.setError(getString("This field is required"),iconDrawable);

where iconDrawable is a Drawable

answered Jun 05 '14 at 08:30

Apoorv

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 10 '18 at 09:29

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Drawable icon = 
getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_error_icon);
if (icon != null) {
icon.setBounds(0, 0, 
             icon.getIntrinsicWidth(),
             icon.getIntrinsicHeight());
}
editText.setError(“Error test”, icon);

answered May 10 '18 at 09:29

Ahad Khan

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Using set bound would make it work, else it wouldn't work – Ahad Khan May 10 '18 at 09:30

Can EditText's error message icon be changed?

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