setHintTextColor() in EditText

Question

I have View in which there are two text boxes, and the user can select text color from another view on the same screen (through dialog box).

So when the user changes color via dialog box, I am changing color of EditText text and its hint. But when there is some text is available in EditText after that user selects other color, then that text is coming in that color. But if I remove all that text then the color of HintText is that of the previous color.

For example, currently if I have red color in text box and the user selects green color so text is there in green color. But if I remove that text then hint text are coming in red even if I change hint color in code. This problem only comes when there is some text there. if it is blank and hint text is there then problem is not coming.

Check this out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25134463/edittext-unable-to-change-the-text-color/25134499#25134499 — Nabin, Aug 05 '14 at 09:17

score 320 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 05 '13 at 06:38

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Simply add this in your layout for the EditText :

android:textColorHint="#FFFFFF"

edited Feb 05 '13 at 06:38

Miral Dhokiya

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answered May 27 '12 at 12:07

Anand Chavan

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How is this supposed to solve OP's question? the question is about how to change hint color DYNAMICALLY when the EditText has some text and I don't see how this will solve it... – evaristokbza Jun 05 '14 at 13:17
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Please read the question carefully. author has not asked in appropriate manner. – Anand Chavan Jun 11 '14 at 14:48

score 61 · Accepted Answer · edited May 24 '15 at 07:25

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Use this to change the hint color. -

editText.setHintTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));

Solution for your problem -

editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,int arg3){
        //do something
    }

    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
        //do something
    }

    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
        if(arg0.toString().length() <= 0) //check if length is equal to zero
            tv.setHintTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));
    }
});

edited May 24 '15 at 07:25

Confuse

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answered Jun 22 '11 at 11:16

Sunil Kumar Sahoo

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Why such a complicated solution which can be accomplished in half a line, as anandc answered below. – zeeshan Mar 12 '14 at 22:08
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because that solution is not solving his problem? – evaristokbza Jun 05 '14 at 13:14

score 23 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 03 '17 at 09:50

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Default Colors:

android:textColorHint="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"

For Color code:

android:textColorHint="#33b5e5"

edited Feb 03 '17 at 09:50

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answered Jun 11 '15 at 05:41

kiran kumar

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don't take these edits personally. Editing basically improves the readability of the answer and/or improve the completeness of it. Also, if applicable, add explanation about the code where needed, such as what is does or what problem the OP was facing, etc. :) – Sufian Feb 03 '17 at 10:04

score 15 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 12 '14 at 05:38

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Inside Layout Xml File We can Change Color of Hint.....

android:textColorHint="@android:color/*****"

you can replace * with color or color code.

edited Apr 12 '14 at 05:38

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answered Apr 12 '14 at 05:12

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score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 30 '14 at 05:18

Seems that EditText apply the hintTextColor only if the text is empty. So simple solution will be like this

Editable text = mEditText.getText();
mEditText.setText(null);
mEditText.setHintTextColor(color);
mEditText.setText(text);

If you have multiple fields, you can extend the EditText and write a method which executes this logic and use that method instead.

Michael · Answer 6 · 2015-02-18T04:16:41.207

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Programmatically in Java - At least API v14+

exampleEditText.setHintTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.your_color));

edited Feb 18 '15 at 04:16

answered Jun 24 '14 at 15:24

Michael

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on my samsung S5 apiV19 the same trouble, as @dishan mentioned: `setHintTextColor(color)` not working in case there is some text, EVEN if it's `""`. – Dmitry Gryazin Feb 05 '15 at 09:19

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 24 '15 at 09:50

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This is like default hint color, worked for me:

editText.setHintTextColor(Color.GRAY);

answered Jan 24 '15 at 09:50

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 09 '18 at 11:33

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You could call editText.invalidate() after you reset the hint color. That could resolve your issue. Actually the SDK update the color in the same way.

answered Aug 09 '18 at 11:33

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