How to set the hint properly in a text Box means EditText in android
I am using EditText and providing some Hint there. I am putting it like this:
android:hint="@string/user_name_hint"
android:textColorHint="#ffffff"
android:gravity="left"
But here hint is coming in the left side. But i want the hint is in the middle of t开发者_JS百科he box and when i am clicking the text should start from the left.
How it is possible??
Use this EditText
<EditText
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:hint="user_name_hint"
android:textColorHint="#fffff"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:id="@+id/editText1"/>
Then you need to add addTextChangedListener
to solve your problem.
final EditText hintText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
hintText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
int count) {
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
if (s.length() == 0) {
hintText.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
} else {
hintText.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
}
}
});
set Gravity to center.. android:gravity="center_horizontal"
Not sure you can do it in a "straight forward way". Probably some workaround - either suggested by nagesh or by placing a button on top of the edit text and switching to edit text when it gets clicked or focused
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