This text field does not specify an inputType or a hint

Question

I get the warning, "This text field does not specify an inputType or a hint" When I modify a copy of a tutorial code (below)

<EditText android:id="@+id/edit_message"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="@string/edit_message"
    android:layout_weight="1" />

This works fine, and the warning only comes up if a new blank line is created

I've modified it for a friend with several comments lines explaining what each part of it does however, whenever i add in an extra line in the above (Even a blank line, in this case it's a comment line) I receive the above error

<!--edit text creates a text input box-->
<EditText android:id="@+id/edit_message"
<!-- edit_message is a variable, defined in   strings.xml-->
<!-- determines the width of the textField, in this case 0dp means "however long the text is" IE: it will grow to fit however many characters the user types -->
    android:layout_width="0dp"
<!-- determines the height of the Text Field -->
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
<!-- The hint is the default value for the text field, it calls on the variable edit_message defined in strings.xml-->
    android:hint="@string/edit_message"
<!-- Weight means how much the screen the text field can take up, in this case, the ratio is 1:1 so it can take up however much room is needed, However if a different variable also had the weight of 1, the ratio would be 1:2 and each could take up half the screen -->
    android:layout_weight="1" />

Without the comments, the warning is not there

Answer 1

The Reason for this warning is that you haven't set the inputType for this editText. Add the following line:

android:inputType="text"

So it should look like this:

<EditText android:id="@+id/edit_message"
    android:inputType="text"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="@string/edit_message"
    android:layout_weight="1" />

And the warning is gone.