TextView to display hint before text entered

Question

How do I put text into empty TextView so it goes away when user starts typing? Just like here in StackOverflow under "Tags" field.

Same approach used in GMail client. That will save me some space - no need to create labels..

Probably you need something like this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13747809/android-edittext-gmail-like-to-field — Vojtěch Sázel, Nov 24 '14 at 15:42

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '11 at 23:50

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Throw an android:hint="hint text" into your EditText xml tag.

answered May 25 '11 at 23:50

Haphazard

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The OP is asking about the `TextView`, not the `EditText`. Maybe you need to edit your answer to reflect this. – ChuongPham Sep 23 '14 at 15:23
There is no hint for TextView. The text set will always show. Hint is required only for EditText – Joseph Selvaraj Aug 19 '16 at 05:24

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '11 at 23:54

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As haphazard said or programatically you can use...

setHint(CharSequence hint) or setHint(int resId).

The equivalent to the resource id in xml would be android:hint="@string/hint_text" (for example).

answered May 25 '11 at 23:54

Squonk

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