Android EditText for password with android:hint

android xml passwords android-edittext hint
yjw picture yjw · Mar 22, 2011 · Viewed 122.8k times · Source

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?

Answer

mango picture mango · Nov 10, 2011

Hint is displayed correctly with 

android:inputType="textPassword"

and

android:gravity="center"

if you set also 

android:ellipsize="start"

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