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M. Dada
M. Dada

Reputation: 241

What is the difference between Plain Text and text view on android studio 3.0.1?

Was trying to design a user interface for my apps login screen activity. Was wondering how the textview and Plain text differed (for ex in their attributes and functionality) and the implications of choosing one over the other.

Upvotes: 22

Views: 48058

Answers (1)

Prashant Abdare
Prashant Abdare

Reputation: 2465

Plaintext is nothing but the Edittext. It has changed the name in Android studio but if you check into Design view you will get to know that it still has name of Edittext only.

Usages

Textview : should be used for uneditable text which user wants to read but not to manipulate. e.g. News, Articles, Blogs.

Plain text/ Edittext : should be used for taking user input in alphanumeric form. e.g. UserId, Comments.

Upvotes: 34

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