Android numeric password field

Question

I have an EditText field which needs to be a numeric password field. Everything works OK in portrait mode; not in landscape. When the user selects the EditText field, the UI

Answer 1

This how to make input password that has hint which not converted to * !!.

On XML :

android:inputType="textPassword"
android:gravity="center"
android:ellipsize="start"
android:hint="Input Password !."

thanks to : mango and rjrjr for the insight :D.