Set inputType for an EditText Programmatically

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How do we set the input type for an EditText programatically  I m trying   mEdit setInputType InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PASSWORD     it doesn t seem to have any effect

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field setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT

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i ve solve all with   setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER     for see clear data and    setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER   InputType TYPE NUMBER VARIATION PASSWORD     for see the dots  if the data is a number  it isn t choice che other class

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For Kotlin       val password   EditText this      password inputType   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT or InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PASSWORD     password hint    Password

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According to the TextView docs  the programmatic version of android password is setTransformationMethod    not setInputType     So something like   mEdit setTransformationMethod PasswordTransformationMethod getInstance       should do the trick

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For setting the input type for an EditText programmatically  you have to specify that input class type is text   editPass setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PASSWORD

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Hide   edtPassword setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   edtPassword setTransformationMethod null     Show   edtPassword setInputType InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PASSWORD                       edtPassword setTransformationMethod PasswordTransformationMethod getInstance

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To only allow numbers    password1 setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER     To transform  hide  the password      password1 setTransformationMethod PasswordTransformationMethod getInstance

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Here are the various Input Types as shown on the standard keyboard     Setting the input type programmatically  editText setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT     Other options besides TYPE CLASS TEXT can be found in the documentation   Setting the input type in XML   lt EditText     android inputType  text    gt    Other options besides text can be found in the documentation   Supplemental code  Here is the code for the image above   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity        EditText editText      TextView textView      List lt InputTypeItem gt  inputTypes      int counter   0        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main           editText   findViewById R id editText           textView   findViewById R id textView           initArray               public void onChangeInputTypeButtonClick View view            if  counter  gt   inputTypes size                  startOver                return                    textView setText inputTypes get counter  name           editText setInputType inputTypes get counter  value           editText setSelection editText getText   length             counter               private void startOver             counter   0          textView setText              editText setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT           InputMethodManager imm    InputMethodManager getSystemService Context INPUT METHOD SERVICE           imm hideSoftInputFromWindow editText getWindowToken    0               private void initArray             inputTypes   new ArrayList lt  gt             inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  date    InputType TYPE CLASS DATETIME   InputType TYPE DATETIME VARIATION DATE            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  datetime   InputType TYPE CLASS DATETIME   InputType TYPE DATETIME VARIATION NORMAL            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  none   InputType TYPE NULL            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  number    InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER   InputType TYPE NUMBER VARIATION NORMAL            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  numberDecimal    InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER   InputType TYPE NUMBER FLAG DECIMAL            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  numberPassword    InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER   InputType TYPE NUMBER VARIATION PASSWORD            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  numberSigned   InputType TYPE CLASS NUMBER   InputType TYPE NUMBER FLAG SIGNED            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  phone    InputType TYPE CLASS PHONE            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  text    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION NORMAL            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textAutoComplete   InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG AUTO COMPLETE            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textAutoCorrect    InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG AUTO CORRECT            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textCapCharacters    InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG CAP CHARACTERS            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textCapSentences    InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG CAP SENTENCES            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textCapWords    InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG CAP WORDS            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textEmailAddress    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION EMAIL ADDRESS            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textEmailSubject   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION EMAIL SUBJECT            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textFilter    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION FILTER            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textLongMessage    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION LONG MESSAGE            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textMultiLine    InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG MULTI LINE            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textNoSuggestions   InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG NO SUGGESTIONS            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textPassword    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PASSWORD            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textPersonName   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PERSON NAME            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textPhonetic    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PHONETIC            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textPostalAddress   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION POSTAL ADDRESS            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textShortMessage   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION SHORT MESSAGE            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textUri    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION URI            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textVisiblePassword    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION VISIBLE PASSWORD            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textWebEditText    InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION WEB EDIT TEXT            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textWebEmailAddress   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION WEB EMAIL ADDRESS            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  textWebPassword   InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION WEB PASSWORD            inputTypes add new InputTypeItem  time   InputType TYPE CLASS DATETIME   InputType TYPE DATETIME VARIATION TIME               class InputTypeItem           private String name          private int value          InputTypeItem String name  int value                this name   name              this value   value                      See also   Getting the current InputType

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This may be of help to others like me who wanted to toggle between password and free-text mode  I tried using the input methods suggested but it only worked in one direction  I could go from password to text but then I could not revert  For those trying to handle a toggle  eg a show Password check box  use          Override         public void onClick View v                        if check isChecked                                  edit setTransformationMethod HideReturnsTransformationMethod getInstance                     Log i TAG   Show password                              else                               edit setTransformationMethod PasswordTransformationMethod getInstance                     Log i TAG   Hide password                              I have to credit this for the solution  Wish I had found that a few hours ago

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Try adding this to the EditText TextView tag in your layout  android password  true    Edit  I just re-read your post  perhaps you need to do this after construction  I don t see why your snippet wouldn t work

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To unhide password   editText setInputType        InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT        InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION VISIBLE PASSWORD      To hide password again   editText setTransformationMethod PasswordTransformationMethod getInstance

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password setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT   InputType TYPE TEXT VARIATION PASSWORD     also you have to be careful that cursor moves to the starting point of the editText after this function is called  so make sure that you move cursor to the end point again

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I know the expected Answer is in Java   But here s my 2 cents of advice always try to handle view related stuff in XML  atleast basic stuff  so I would suggest rather use a xml attribute rather than handling this use case in java       lt EditText      android inputType  textPassword   gt

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editText setInputType EditorInfo TYPE CLASS NUMBER       you can change TYPE      according to your requirement

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