EditText with non-selectable grayed out prefix

Question

I'm looking for a way to have a grayed out text as prefix in an EditText. This text should be not selectable. It's a bit like the To field when you're composing a message with Gmail. The only (visual) difference is that this text disappears when you start typing.

Is there any trick to achieve this in Android?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use an image of the part "EUR 2500". this you can display in your editbox without affecting the rest of the part. Follow the code:

Drawable editTextDrawable = context.getResources().getDrawable(imageId);
    editTextDrawable.setBounds(0, 0, editTextDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth(),
            editTextDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight());

The drawable can be used inside the edittext as follows:

editTxtItemName.setCompoundDrawables(,
            ListViewConstants.editTextDrawable, null, null, null);