Set temporary text in a EditText/TextView in Android?

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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?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '11 at 01:19

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

android:hint="Enter Username"

answered May 12 '11 at 01:19

jkhouw1

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I _thought_ there was something like this, couldn't find it in the docs for some reason. Fail. Thanks :) – Naftuli Kay May 12 '11 at 01:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '13 at 11:29

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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...

answered Feb 15 '13 at 11:29

Deep Mehta

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Set temporary text in a EditText/TextView in Android?

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