EditText hint doesn't show

Question

My EditText configured as follows won\'t show the hint:

Answer 1

No need of android:scrollHorizontally attribute. Remove it.EditText is a fixed item on the screen. we want scroll the layout contains the EditText is enough. that is the best design too. you have put android:ellipsize="end" instead of android:scrollHorizontally.

Answer 2

This is how, I did for by EditText to have hint in it.

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/productQuantity"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="right|center_vertical"
    android:hint="@string/quantity"
    android:inputType="numberSigned"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:singleLine="true" >
</EditText>

Answer 3

using android:ellipsize="end" fixed it for me Weird bug !! (but Android has a lot of these weirdo bug)

Answer 4

You need to give text color to hint

android:textColorHint="#000000"