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Ahsan Azwar
Ahsan Azwar

Reputation: 328

EditText is not showing hint on changing the height of EditText

EditText is not showing hint on changing the height of the EditText
This is my code

 <EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="20dp"
    android:layout_below="@+id/imageView"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="69dp"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_action_user"
    android:ems="10"
    android:hint="Name"
    android:inputType="textPersonName"
    android:textSize="16dp"/>

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 221

Answers (3)

Prat
Prat

Reputation: 142

As @Sky Alligator mentioned correctly but still then you want to maintain height=20dp, go for this one. Either set

android:background="@null"

Or

android:background="@drawable/bg_rect_edittext"

bg_rect_edittext.xml

<item xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <corners android:radius="3dp" />
        <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
    </shape>
</item>

Hopefully this may help you!

Upvotes: 0

Bhuvanesh BS
Bhuvanesh BS

Reputation: 13617

Yes its because of your layout_height

your layout_height should be at least 36dp to show your text. Also your should use sp for text size not dp

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="36dp"  // 36 dp or more or wrap_content
    android:layout_below="@+id/imageView"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="69dp"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_action_user"
    android:ems="10"
    android:hint="Name"
    android:inputType="textPersonName"
    android:textSize="16sp"/>

Upvotes: 1

Umair
Umair

Reputation: 6426

you are giving too less height as compared to your textSize. if you really want to go with this size then you need to give padding in "-"(minus)

 <EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="20dp"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="69dp"
    android:padding="-5dp"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_action_user"
    android:ems="10"
    android:hint="Name"
    android:inputType="textPersonName"
    android:textSize="16sp"/>

Upvotes: 1

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