Set Edittexts hint text style as italic

Question

I need to set the hint of a EditText as italic style, but I can't find any place how to do it.

Some one here has a clue how to do it or do I have to accept that is impossible?

Deepzz · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-16T05:56:37.687

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Inside strings.xml

 <string name="hint1"><i>Your hint here</i></string>

In your .xml file

  <EditText android:hint="@string/hint1" />

edited Mar 16 '15 at 05:56

answered Feb 04 '13 at 10:24

Deepzz

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Thank you. Quite easy. Didn't know that I could use tags inside a tag. – lagos Feb 04 '13 at 11:19

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 30 '16 at 09:35

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Add one string value in Strings.xml as <i>your hint here</i> and try to set it in your EditText in the xml

Solution 2:

if(youredittext.getText().toString().length()==0)
{
    youredittext.setTypeface(null,Typeface.ITALIC);
}
else
{
youredittext.setTypeface(null,Typeface.NORMAL);
}

edited Jun 30 '16 at 09:35

Ashu Kumar

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answered Feb 04 '13 at 10:21

Pragnani

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Your first solution with setting `hint`works very well and look good in the xml. – lagos Feb 04 '13 at 11:22

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 08 '15 at 08:01

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Try out as below:

edittext.setHint(Html.fromHtml("<small><i>" + "Text Hint Here" + "</i></small>"));

edited Dec 08 '15 at 08:01

Deepzz

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answered Feb 04 '13 at 10:24

GrIsHu

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 05 '15 at 12:48

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In your xml, you can set a TextStyle. This TextStyle is applicable on your text and your hint.

<EditText
android:id="@+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="@Your text here"
android:textStyle="italic"/>

answered Jan 05 '15 at 12:48

JND

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TextStyle impacts the entered text, OP wants to set the style of hint text only. – angryITguy Aug 14 '18 at 04:22

Set Edittexts hint text style as italic

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