Clear text in EditText when entered

Question

I\'m trying to set and onclicklistener so that when I click within the edittext element it will clear its current contents. Is there something wrong here? When I compile thi

Answer 1

You can use the 'android:hint' attribute in your EditText also from code:

editText.setHint(CharSequence hint / int resid);

Then you don't need any onClickListener or similar. But consider that the hint value won't be passed. The editText will be stayed empty. In this case you can set your editText with your deflault value:

if(editText.getText().toString().equals("")) { 
...use your default value instead of the editText... }