Android EditText for password with android:hint

Question

Just noticed that android:password has been deprecated, and we should be using android:inputType. Was experimenting with it by setting in my xml

Answer 1

Hint is displayed correctly with

android:inputType="textPassword"

and

android:gravity="center"

if you set also

android:ellipsize="start"

Answer 2

Just stumbled on the answer. android:inputType="textPassword" does work with android:hint, same as android:password. The only difference is when I use android:gravity="center", the hint will not show if I'm using android:inputType. Case closed!

Answer 3

If you set

android:inputType="textPassword"

this property and if you provide number as password example "1234567" it will take it as "123456/" the seventh character is not taken. Thats why instead of this approach use

android:password="true"

property which allows you to enter any type of password without any restriction.

If you want to provide hint use

android:hint="hint text goes here"

example:

android:hint="password"