How to hide underbar in EditText

Question

How can I hide the EditText underbar (the prompt line with little serifs at the ends)?

There might be a better way to do what I want: I have a layout with an EditTe

Answer 1

In my case i was using custom background for edit text so setting background to @null or setting tint to transparent wasn't the solution for me so i played a little trick which worked for me very nicely i just set

android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"

and it gets the job done pretty well.. its not the optimal solution but it works