Multicolored edittext hint

Question

Is there a way to set multiple colors to the edittext's hint when wrapped by android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout without compromising the behaviour of floating edittexts?

like, Headline*

Headline and * with different colored hint

Maybe [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14114113/different-colors-at-edittext-in-android) solution also works for hints. — Matthias F., Oct 25 '16 at 12:26
Thank you for your answer. But I want to set hint for TextInputLayout, not for Edittext. As i need floating animation for hint text. — RKS, Oct 25 '16 at 12:33
Have you tried this using [TextWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextWatcher.html) — MashukKhan, Oct 25 '16 at 12:52

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '19 at 10:58

Try this! If you want to use it for setText just add BufferType.SPANNABLE (see below)

    String redPart = "Hello";
    String bluePart = "World";

    SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder();

    SpannableString redColoredString= new SpannableString(redPart);
    redColoredString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, redPart.length(), 0);
    builder.append(redColoredString);

    SpannableString blueColoredString= new SpannableString(bluePart);
    blueColoredString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE), 0, bluePart.length(), 0);
    builder.append(blueColoredString);


    myEditText.setHint(builder)

    //do following for setText
    myEditText.setText(builder,BufferType.SPANNABLE)

Great answer! Thanks! – Abner Escócio May 12 '21 at 13:57 — Abner Escócio, May 12 '21 at 13:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 12:31

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Use SpannableString class which allows you to use different styles on parts of your string ... If I remember correctly, TextAppearanceSpan class is used for coloring a text..

answered Oct 25 '16 at 12:31

koperko

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 12:38

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See below code this is work for me.

 EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(textView);
 Spannable wordtoSpan = new SpannableString("Hello world");

 wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE), 2, 6, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

 editText.setHint(wordtoSpan);

answered Oct 25 '16 at 12:38

Magesh Pandian

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The hint doesn't float to the top if this method is applied. Any idea to overcome that? – Abhimanyu Jun 15 '18 at 14:16

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 13:21

You can acheive this by programtically

SpannableString spString = new SpannableString("HEADERLINE*");
    spString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.MAGENTA), 11,     spString.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

    metUserName.setHint(spString);

Multicolored edittext hint

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