Android EditText for password with android:hint

Question

Just noticed that android:password has been deprecated, and we should be using android:inputType. Was experimenting with it by setting in my xml

android:inputType="textPassword"

Indeed it behaves like

android:password="true"

for EditText, but it seems that if I use android:inputType, android:hint will not work. The EditText will be blank. There is no such issues when using android:password with android:hint. Am I missing something here about android:inputType?

`android:password` is deprecated :( – Bugs Happen May 13 '16 at 05:14 — Bugs Happen, May 13 '16 at 05:14

score 89 · Answer 1 · edited May 30 '12 at 18:13

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Hint is displayed correctly with

android:inputType="textPassword"

and

android:gravity="center"

if you set also

android:ellipsize="start"

edited May 30 '12 at 18:13

swiftBoy

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answered Nov 10 '11 at 11:02

mango

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Thanks for that. Quite puzzling why ellipsize is something that can affect the visibility of the hint. I'm not seeing the train of thought behind this to help me understand this. Any suggestion? – yjw Nov 11 '11 at 04:15
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There is none :) It's a platform bug afaik, although it has been there for years. – mango Nov 21 '11 at 07:51

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited May 15 '12 at 19:39

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Just stumbled on the answer. android:inputType="textPassword" does work with android:hint, same as android:password. The only difference is when I use android:gravity="center", the hint will not show if I'm using android:inputType. Case closed!

edited May 15 '12 at 19:39

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answered Mar 25 '11 at 16:47

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 29 '12 at 11:45

Here is your answer. We can use both simultaniously. As i used both and they are working fine. The code is as follows:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/edittext_password_la"
    android:layout_below="@+id/edittext_username_la"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="15dip"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:hint="@string/string_password" />

This will help you.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 17:41

I had the same issue and found a solution :

Previous code:

    <EditText 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center" 
    android:inputType ="password" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:id="@+id/password" 
    android:hint="password" 
    android:maxLines="1">
    </EditText>

Solution:

<EditText 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" 
android:password="true" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/password" 
android:hint="password" 
android:maxLines="1">
</EditText>

The previous code does not show the 'hint', but when I changed it to the last one it started showing...

hope this be helpful to someone...

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited May 30 '12 at 18:00

If you set

android:inputType="textPassword"

this property and if you provide number as password example "1234567" it will take it as "123456/" the seventh character is not taken. Thats why instead of this approach use

android:password="true"

property which allows you to enter any type of password without any restriction.

If you want to provide hint use

android:hint="hint text goes here"

example:

android:hint="password"

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 01 '16 at 12:14

Here is your answer:

There are different category for inputType so I used for pssword is textPaswword

<EditText
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:id="@+id/passwor"
    android:textColorHint="#ffffff"
    android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:hint="********"
    />

score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 18 '17 at 11:16

Hint text not bold, I try to below code.

When I change inputtype=email, other edittext is bold. But when I change input type to password, hint is normal.

I need hint text to be bold, my code is:

 <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="56dp"
            app:theme="@style/Widget.Design.TextInputLayout"
            >
                <EditText
                    android:id="@+id/login_password"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:hint="Password"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:inputType="textPassword"
                    android:textColor="@color/White"
                    style="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"
                    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_password"
                    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
                    />
            </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 22 '11 at 07:48

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android:hint="Enter your question" or something like this must work. I am using Relative layout with EditText as If you want to use password,say android:inputType="textPassword" for hiding characters and "textVisiblePassword" for showing what you enter as password.

answered Mar 22 '11 at 07:48

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Hi Rashmi, thanks for your answer. I'm wondering if you missed my question. I'm expecting an EditText with android:hint="password" and android:inputType="textPassword" to have the hint 'password' displayed when my Activity first loaded, but behaves like a password field when user starts entering password. However, this particular behavior which is what I observe previously with android:password is no longer the same with android:inputType. That's my issue here. On a side note, what's the use for "textVisiblePassword"? I'm not sure I see the need for this particular usage. – yjw Mar 22 '11 at 08:23

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 29 '11 at 21:04

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Actually, I found that if you put the the android:gravity="center" at the end of your xml line, the hint text shows up fine with the android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"

answered Sep 29 '11 at 21:04

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