Android EditText hint

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hi am using EditText and it's hint is ' Password(at least 12 char) ' both the text are in different size ie 'Password' and '(at least 12 char)' how can i set this ?

I m not sure but i think it is not possible. may be change color of hint.. — Niranj Patel, Mar 05 '11 at 12:37

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 19 '15 at 12:34

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I have found a way to do this by setting

editTextPassword.setHint(Html.fromHtml("<font size=\"16\">" + "Password     " + "</font>" + "<small>" + "(at least 12 charcters)" + "</small>" ));

and it work for me.

edited Jun 19 '15 at 12:34

Abdelrahman Elkady

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answered Mar 07 '11 at 04:37

Bytecode

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Awesome answer...great – Hiren Patel Jul 11 '14 at 06:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 21 '16 at 07:13

editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher(){

    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {           

    }

    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int start, int before, int count) {
        if (arg0.length() == 0) { 
            // No entered text so will show hint
            editText.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, mHintTextSize);
        } else {
            editText.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, mRealTextSize);
        }
    }
});

And in onCreate you also need to change text size according to your requirement.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 19:33

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alternatively, changing the size of the text will affect the size of the hint...

<EditText 
 ...
android:textSize="14dp"/>

answered Dec 17 '15 at 19:33

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Android EditText hint

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