Set inputType for an EditText Programmatically?

Question

For setting the input type for an EditText programmatically, you have to specify that input class type is text.

editPass.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);

According to the TextView docs, the programmatic version of android:password is setTransformationMethod(), not setInputType(). So something like:

mEdit.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance());

should do the trick.

Here are the various Input Types as shown on the standard keyboard.

Setting the input type programmatically

editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);

Other options besides TYPE_CLASS_TEXT can be found in the documentation.

Setting the input type in XML

<EditText
    android:inputType="text"
/>

Other options besides text can be found in the documentation.

Supplemental code

Here is the code for the image above.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    EditText editText;
    TextView textView;
    List<InputTypeItem> inputTypes;
    int counter = 0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        editText = findViewById(R.id.editText);
        textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
        initArray();
    }

    public void onChangeInputTypeButtonClick(View view) {
        if (counter >= inputTypes.size()) {
            startOver();
            return;
        }
        textView.setText(inputTypes.get(counter).name);
        editText.setInputType(inputTypes.get(counter).value);
        editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());
        counter++;
    }

    private void startOver() {
        counter = 0;
        textView.setText("");
        editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(editText.getWindowToken(), 0);
    }


    private void initArray() {
        inputTypes = new ArrayList<>();
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("date",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_DATETIME | InputType.TYPE_DATETIME_VARIATION_DATE));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("datetime", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_DATETIME | InputType.TYPE_DATETIME_VARIATION_NORMAL));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("none", InputType.TYPE_NULL));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("number",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_NORMAL));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("numberDecimal",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("numberPassword",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("numberSigned", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("phone",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_PHONE));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("text",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_NORMAL));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textAutoComplete", InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_AUTO_COMPLETE));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textAutoCorrect",  InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_AUTO_CORRECT));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textCapCharacters",  InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_CHARACTERS));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textCapSentences",  InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textCapWords",  InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textEmailAddress",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_EMAIL_ADDRESS));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textEmailSubject", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_EMAIL_SUBJECT));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textFilter",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_FILTER));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textLongMessage",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_LONG_MESSAGE));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textMultiLine",  InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textNoSuggestions", InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textPassword",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textPersonName", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PERSON_NAME));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textPhonetic",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PHONETIC));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textPostalAddress", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_POSTAL_ADDRESS));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textShortMessage", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_SHORT_MESSAGE));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textUri",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textVisiblePassword",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textWebEditText",  InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_EDIT_TEXT));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textWebEmailAddress", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_EMAIL_ADDRESS));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("textWebPassword", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_PASSWORD));
        inputTypes.add(new InputTypeItem("time", InputType.TYPE_CLASS_DATETIME | InputType.TYPE_DATETIME_VARIATION_TIME));
    }

    class InputTypeItem {
        private String name;
        private int value;
        InputTypeItem(String name, int value) {
            this.name = name;
            this.value = value;
        }
    }
}

See also

• Getting the current InputType

i've solve all with

.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);

for see clear data and

.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD);

for see the dots (if the data is a number, it isn't choice che other class)