android - Can't make an edit text type password

Question

I created a custom edit text, but something is weird, I can choose every input type for it except password type, I already try with input type TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD, TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_WEB_PASSWORD and also with transformationMethod PasswordTransformation(), rawInputType and with maxlines = 1 too! But nothing, I can set by code the text for my edit text and that appears in emulator as password format but when I focus to continue writing, all transforms to normal input type text. I don't know why. Someone can help me?

SOLUTION

I finally found the solution, the problem was that I put the attribute single line true, and it seems that password input type and transformation method only works with maxlines, so I have only to erase that and done. Thanks all!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65928607/cant-make-an-edit-text-type-password

Answer 1

Try android:inputType="textPassword":

<EditText
     android:id="@+id/password"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:inputType="textPassword"
     tools:text="12345" />

Programatically:

password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);

Or:

password.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance());