Change an text of an edittext when it is clicked

Question

I'm trying to clear the contents of an edittext box when it is clicked. Currently my code is as follows:

EditText TextOut1 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.Search);
TextOut1.setText("", TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE);

This code will change the edittext box when bound to a button, but not when bound to an edit textbox.

Figured out that adding android:hint in the layout got what i was looking for "more or less" — acithium, Nov 23 '11 at 18:20
Possible duplicate of [How to clear an EditText on click?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4175398/how-to-clear-an-edittext-on-click) — Stephen Kennedy, Oct 02 '18 at 10:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 13:43

1)Set the listener on your EditText :

textOut1.setOnFocusChangeListener (this);

2)Let your Activity implements the View.OnFocusChangeListener :

public class MyActivity extends Activity implements View.OnFocusChangeListener{

3)override the method onFocusChange :

public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus){

    if(hasFocus){
       EditText TextOut1 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.Search);
       TextOut1.setText("", TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE);
    }

}

Change an text of an edittext when it is clicked

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