Android add placeholder text to EditText

Question

How can I add a placeholder text to EditText in the class that isn\'t in the XML?

I have the following EditText in my code which will be sh

Answer 1

android:hint="text" provides an info for user that what he need to fill in particular editText

for example :- i have two edittext one for numeric value and other for string value . we can set a hint for user so he can understand that what value he needs to give

android:hint="Please enter phone number"
android:hint="Enter name" 

after running app these two edittext will show the entered hint ,after click on edit text it goes and user can enter what he want (see luxurymode image)