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Change EditText password mask character to asterisk (*)

Is there any way to change the password text from dot(.) to asterisk(*) .

Password is entering in edittext.

<EditText         android:id="@+id/passWord1"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center"         android:inputType="number"         android:password="true"/> 
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Sunny Avatar asked Dec 27 '12 09:12

Sunny


2 Answers

Insert edittext in your xml file,

<EditText     android:id="@+id/passWordEditText"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:gravity="center"     android:inputType="textPassword"/> 

and your class file go on and get findViewById from edittext and implement for this,

EditText edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.passWordEditText); edittext.setTransformationMethod(new AsteriskPasswordTransformationMethod()); 

and This class implement for that,

public class AsteriskPasswordTransformationMethod 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         }     } }; 

And If your code is Kotlin then you have to make separate java file then you have to use java with kotlin code.

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Najib.Nj Avatar answered Oct 14 '22 05:10

Najib.Nj


<EditText         android:id="@+id/passWord1"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center"         android:inputType="textPassword"//here is the change. check it once in your xml         android:password="true"/> 

In eclipse there will be hints when you click Ctrl + Space when you move cursor at android:inputType. Then you can see list of options. there you can select textPassword

If you want to see * in place of . then check this Android: Asterisk Password Field

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Ram kiran Pachigolla Avatar answered Oct 14 '22 04:10

Ram kiran Pachigolla