Android EditText for password with android:hint

Question

Just noticed that android:password has been deprecated, and we should be using android:inputType. Was experimenting with it by setting in my xml

android:inputType="textPassword" 

Indeed it behaves like

android:password="true" 

for EditText, but it seems that if I use android:inputType, android:hint will not work. The EditText will be blank. There is no such issues when using android:password with android:hint. Am I missing something here about android:inputType?

Answer 1

Hint is displayed correctly with

android:inputType="textPassword"

and

android:gravity="center"

if you set also

android:ellipsize="start"

Answer 2

Just stumbled on the answer. android:inputType="textPassword" does work with android:hint, same as android:password. The only difference is when I use android:gravity="center", the hint will not show if I'm using android:inputType. Case closed!