programmatically set edit text hint in android?

Question

is there a way to set the text hint displayed inside of an android edittext with java? I would like for my app to be able to display different things in the edittext at different times, thanks in advance

Answer 1

Did you try the setHint?

myTextView.setHint("My conditional hint"); 

Hope it helps..

Answer 2

If you are using simple Editext without TextInputLayout :

EditText etUsername; etUsername = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etUsername); etUsername.setHint("Your Hint"); 

If you are using Editext within TextInputLayout then you need to change property of TextInputLayout not Edittext:

TextInputLayout layoutUser; layoutUser = (TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.inputLayoutUname); layoutUser.setHint(getResources().getString(R.string.hintFaculty));