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Naftuli Kay
Naftuli Kay

Reputation: 91750

Set temporary text in a EditText/TextView in Android?

I'm looking to build a simple input form for username/password, and I was wondering if it was possible to mimic the functionality that many websites offer, namely a temporary string within a text input displaying what the field's purpose is. Essentially, I need something like this:

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When the user hasn't yet focused in on the text input, it should display "USERNAME" in a different format. When the user has focused in on the text field, the field is cleared and focus is set and the style is changed. Is there a way to do this easily?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4643

Answers (2)

Deep Mehta
Deep Mehta

Reputation: 1237

You can simply set android:hint="USERNAME" in a particular edittext.

When you will write something in that edittext, it will clear the hint and set your text.Simple...

Upvotes: 2

jkhouw1
jkhouw1

Reputation: 7350

look at the properties of the edittext - there is a "hint" property that does just that.

android:hint="Enter Username"

Upvotes: 5

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