How can I fill editText with password chars, so there are hidden chars in there

Question

I have a design where the editText should have some hidden chars set as password. And after clicking edittext, they should disappear.

Just like this, the circles should be there however once clicked or when eye icon(for making it visible) is clicked, nothing should be there.

[This post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27395030/android-hide-password) may help you with your question — Pepe Salad, Sep 14 '21 at 06:41
Does this answer your question? [How to switch between hide and view password](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3685790/how-to-switch-between-hide-and-view-password) — Nitish, Sep 14 '21 at 06:48
I guess I did not formulate my question properly. What I want is some dummy text in password field, but it should be with dots. As soon as the user clicks the editText, those circles should disappear — Benazir Sh, Sep 14 '21 at 06:52
So user can type his/her password. The circles are just part of design. But I cannot think of way of implementing it — Benazir Sh, Sep 14 '21 at 06:54
What I want is some dummy text in password field, but it should be with dots. - you can set hint for this in the edit text — Nitish, Sep 14 '21 at 06:57
just set special characters as hint - android:hint="•••••••" — Nitish, Sep 14 '21 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 16 '21 at 08:43

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You need to add these 2 lines in your EditText code;

    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:hint="●●●●●●

edited Sep 16 '21 at 08:43

Khaby Lame

answered Sep 14 '21 at 06:51

My question is how can I set 6 chars like dots as hint? And when clicked, those circles should disappear. It is just a matter of design – Benazir Sh Sep 14 '21 at 07:04
Those hint chars should be displayed as textPassword – Benazir Sh Sep 14 '21 at 07:05
When I add hint to my editText with inputType password, the text is visisble, it is not hidden in dots – Benazir Sh Sep 14 '21 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '21 at 07:13

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android:hint="•••••••" decided to do so

answered Sep 14 '21 at 07:13

Benazir Sh

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