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

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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

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Here is your answer   There are different category for inputType so I used for pssword is textPaswword     lt 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                  gt

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Here is your answer  We can use both simultaniously  As i used both and they are working fine  The code is as follows                                                                       lt 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    gt    This will help you

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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

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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

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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     lt android support design widget TextInputLayout             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  56dp              app theme   style Widget Design TextInputLayout               gt                   lt 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                        gt               lt  android support design widget TextInputLayout gt

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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

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Hint is displayed correctly with   android inputType  textPassword    and  android gravity  center    if you set also   android ellipsize  start

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I had the same issue and found a solution    Previous code        lt 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  gt       lt  EditText gt    Solution    lt 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  gt   lt  EditText gt    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

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