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

If the use of EditText is not mandatory, you can implement this behavior easily with the new material components:

You only have to specify the drawable you want for the button that will clear the text and the action that it will execute. To clear the text, you can use iconMode="clear_text", but also "password_toggle" is available.