How to use the TextWatcher class in Android?

Question

Can anyone tell me how to mask the substring in EditText or how to change EditText substring input to password type

Answer 1

Create custom TextWatcher subclass:

public class CustomWatcher implements TextWatcher {

    private boolean mWasEdited = false;

    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

    }

    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

        if (mWasEdited){

            mWasEdited = false;
            return;
        }

        // get entered value (if required)
        String enteredValue  = s.toString();

        String newValue = "new value";

        // don't get trap into infinite loop
        mWasEdited = true;
        // just replace entered value with whatever you want
        s.replace(0, s.length(), newValue);

    }
}

Set listener for your EditText:

mTargetEditText.addTextChangedListener(new CustomWatcher());