Question

I am making a app which sends the sms at the scheduled time. The schedule button perform the scheduling function. I have three text areas to get the user input. I want to reset these text area with the hints after I have pressed the schedule button. so, i have defined a function as:

           public void resetInputFields() {
    /**
     * Resetting the text box to their initial values
     * 
     * */
    bdayMsg.setHint("Type your Message here..");
    bdayMsg.setHintTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

    phoneNum.setHint("Recipients..");
    phoneNum.setHintTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

    setBirthdayButton.setHint("Date");
    setBirthdayButton.setHintTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

}

but setHint creates no effect while it works perfectly if i do the following:

   ublic void resetInputFields() {
    /**
     * Resetting the text box to their initial values
     * 
     * */
    bdayMsg.setText("Type your Message here..");
    bdayMsg.setTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

    phoneNum.setText("Recipients..");
    phoneNum.setTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

    setBirthdayButton.setText("Date");
    setBirthdayButton.setTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

}

Well my main problem is that i want to reset my text areas to hints not text…But i am not able to do so…. the text areas only get reset if i do setText…….
But i cant reset my text areas to hints .
So plz guys help me figure out whats the problem with the hints……..

Answer 1

set the text to ""
in that way the user will see the hints (hints are gone if the text different then “”)

edit:

public void resetInputFields() {
    /**
     * Resetting the text box to their initial values
     * 
     * */
    bdayMsg.setText("");
    bdayMsg.setTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

    phoneNum.setText("");
    phoneNum.setTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

    setBirthdayButton.setText("");
    setBirthdayButton.setTextColor(R.color.text_grey);

}