When an EditText is in password mode, it seems that the hint is shown in a different font (courrier?). I dont want this I want the font to look the same how do I avoid this.?
My current xml
<EditText
android:hint="@string/edt_password_hint"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:password="true"
android:singleLine="true" />`
Possible duplicate of: Password hint font in Android
Changing the typeface in xml didn't work on the hint text for me either. I found two different solutions, the second of which has better behavior for me:
1) Remove android:password="true" from your xml file and instead, in set it in java:
EditText password = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.password_text);
password.setTransformationMethod(new PasswordTransformationMethod());
With this approach, the hint font looks good but as you're typing in that edit field, you don't see each character in plain text before it turns into a password dot. Also when making input in fullscreen, the dots will not appear, but the passoword in clear text.
2) Leave android:password="true" in your xml. In Java, ALSO set the typeface and passwordMethod:
EditText password = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.register_password_text);
password.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT);
password.setTransformationMethod(new PasswordTransformationMethod());
This approach gave me the hint font I wanted AND gives me the behavior I want with the password dots.
Hope that helps!
<EditText
android:hint="@string/edt_password_hint"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:password="true"
android:singleLine="true"
android:fontFamily="Arial"
/>
Add the last line to your edittext. and you can use any font you like.
