Add hint text in edittext in android.

Hint text is the normal displaying text in editText field before typing text to display a hint message that ” Type your choice here ” or ” Enter your name “,” Enter phone number”,”Enter address” etc. So you can put hint message on edittext via edittext attribute named as android:hint=”Type here your choice”. So here is the complete step by step tutorial for Set Hint in EditText in android using xml.

How to Set Hint in EditText in android using xml.

Code for MainActivity.java file.

package com.android_examples.com.edittexthint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

}

Code for activity_main.xml layout file.

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 tools:context="com.android_examples.com.edittexthint.MainActivity" >

 <EditText
 android:id="@+id/editText1"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_centerVertical="true"
 android:ems="10"
 android:hint="Type here your choice." >

 <requestFocus />
 </EditText>

</RelativeLayout>

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