Question

I’m having an EditText which is a password field. Now I want to build a checkbox so that the user can decide if he wants to see the password with * or in plain text.
Therefore I built

if (passwordShouldBeVisible) {
        etext_key1.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
    } else {
        etext_key1.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD | InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
    }

This works great but has the issue that if the password is plain the auto completion of the keyboard trys to help you.
Is there a chance to fix this?

Best regards,

Till

Answer 1

Try this: eText_key1.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);

Alternatively you can put the following in the XML definition of the EditText: android:inputType="textFilter".

EDIT:

Here’s an example, just make sure you are defining the settings in your toggle logic and your xml layout, or initializing the input type in your onCreate:

    setContentView(R.layout.edittext);

    Button switchButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.switchbutton);
    final EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.password);

    switchButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            if (passwordShouldBeVisible) {
                editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT
                        | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
            } else {
                editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD
                        | InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT
                        | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
            }
        }
    });

and here’s the XML file I am using:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/password"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="text|textFilter"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/switchbutton"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Switch" />

</LinearLayout>