how to show a dot or asterisk when the user enter a text in an EditText?

Question

I have a requirement in which when the user enters a text in an EditText it should display asterisk/dot. I have tried using inputType as textPassword. If I use the inputType, first it will display the character, and then change to asterisk/dot. What I need is the character should not be displayed and it should show only the asterisk/dot.

Can someone please help me to achieve this?

Possible duplicate of [Android: How to set password property in an edit text?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6094962/android-how-to-set-password-property-in-an-edit-text) — Robbe, Nov 01 '17 at 10:15
Possible duplicate of [Change EditText password mask character to asterisk (\*)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14051962/change-edittext-password-mask-character-to-asterisk) — Swarup Rajbhandari, Oct 26 '18 at 08:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '17 at 10:19

try below code

editText.setTransformationMethod(new PasswordTransformationMethod());


public class PasswordTransformationMethod extends PasswordTransformationMethod {
@Override
public CharSequence getTransformation(CharSequence source, View view) {
    return new PasswordCharSequence(source);
}

private class PasswordCharSequence implements CharSequence {
    private CharSequence mSource;
    public PasswordCharSequence(CharSequence source) {
        mSource = source; // Store char sequence
    }
    public char charAt(int index) {
        return '*'; // This is the important part
    }
    public int length() {
        return mSource.length(); // Return default
    }
    public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end) {
        return mSource.subSequence(start, end); // Return default
    }
}

};

how to show a dot or asterisk when the user enter a text in an EditText?

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