EditText is not showing hint, cursor and typed text

Question

Hi I have multiple EditText each of them having hint text.I am loading EditText views in a fragment. Whenever the fragment is loaded,cursor blinks for a fraction in the extreme left side of the edit text,but disappears after that. Even the hint is not visible. And I cannot see the typed text. However when I double click in the edit text, the entered text gets selected and the text is now visible. I am not getting what is causing this issue.

Here is my xml for EditText:

   <TableRow
            android:id="@+id/patientName_tableRow"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/patientName"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/patient_name"
                android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_bright"
                android:textSize="20sp" />

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editText_last_name"
                android:layout_width="100dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
                android:hint="Last Name"
                android:inputType="text"
                android:paddingLeft="1dp"
                android:paddingRight="1dp" />

            <requestFocus />

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editText_first_name"
                android:layout_width="100dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
                android:hint="First Name"
                android:inputType="text"
                android:paddingLeft="1dp"
                android:paddingRight="1dp" />

            <requestFocus />
        </TableRow>

Please guide me.

Thanks

Show the xml and make sure your not doing anything to your edit text on the OnCreate — Xjasz, Mar 16 '15 at 13:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '15 at 04:35

Your problem is <requestFocus />. You can only use it once.

In the docs Here, it says:

Any element representing a View object can include this empty element, which gives its parent initial focus on the screen. You can have only one of these elements per file.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '15 at 14:06

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Add this to your XML of the EditText

android:textColor="#f00"

And change to whatever color is appropriate.

answered Mar 16 '15 at 14:06

bryan

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