Show the password with EditText

Question

I use an EditText to enter password. And a CheckBox to show password or not. Below function is the part:

public void ShowPassword() {     if (cb.isChecked()) {         password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);     } else {         password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);     } } 

When it checked, it show password. But when it not checked, it does show stars. How to modify it to show star while the cb is not checked?

Answer 1

I don't know exactly the specifics, but this code should work:

checkbox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {             @Override             public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {                 if(!isChecked) {                     password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);                 } else {                     password.setInputType(129);                 }             }         }); 

129 is the input type set when setting android:inputType="textPassword"

edit:

as mentioned in @user370305's answer, 129 is the value of the bitwise or operation when you do

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

Answer 2

This is not an answer,

Answer already given and accepted..

I just want to clarify about 129

password.setInputType(129); 

is Actually,

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

'|' is not a pipe, it's a bitwise OR. It takes two binary numbers and if either of the bits of equal value are 1,

How this relates to the input type: Each of the InputTypes are actually just ints. TYPE_CLASS_TEXT is 1, and TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD is 128 (or 10000000).

Perform a bitwise OR on them:

00000001  10000000  ------------  10000001 which is 129. 

Try entering input.setInputType(129); instead, you'll see it'll work. :)