Question

In my android app I have a text field that says “how much would you like to take”.

I want the text to be erased automatically and replaced by what the user inputs when they type in that textfield.

Example: if the user enters one character it automatically deletes “how much would you like to take” from the text field and replaces it with the one character that’s been entered.

Answer 1

In your xml file use

android:hint="how much would you like to take" 

in your TextView definition

(Well, it should be something like "@string/how_much" and that how_much string in strings.xml, but honestly…)