problem while text editing in android

Question

I have a edittext field in my android. When I am editing cursor showing only one letter. But when I press back key its showing all letters. What to do to show letters while typing. my layout would be like this:

<EditText
android:id="@+id/conPW"
android:layout_width="248px"
android:layout_height="43px"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:password="true"
android:layout_x="20px"
android:layout_y="152px"
>
</EditText>

thanks in advance

This is a mess... You should read documentation on layouts first. — Anthony Graglia, Mar 11 '11 at 08:36
Also, forget the closing tag and just close the EditText tag with />. This practice will make cleaner code and in the long run, reduce size a little bit. — Anthony Graglia, Mar 11 '11 at 08:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Ehh...you're setting android:password="true" - this is the field that gives you only one letter shown at the time.

Just remove that if you don't want it to function in this fashion?

Also, I would really not be using pixels as your layouts width & height, but that's for you to decide. It's not good practice in terms of different screen resolutions and whatnot. Use wrap_content / fill_parent and dp or sp.

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

What is the difference between "px", "dp", "dip" and "sp" on Android?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Mar 11 '11 at 08:25

Codemonkey

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hey I have wrote same layout for another password field its working fine. But I donno what happened to this...? – Shekhar Mar 11 '11 at 09:49
@Shekhar You're not being clear in what your problem is......Sigh. Did you even **TRY** to do what I said? – Codemonkey Mar 11 '11 at 10:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 08:39

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It is not the coding issue. It is a Android emulator issue. Have you tested it on device?

answered Mar 11 '11 at 08:39

Sandy

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