How to use the TextWatcher class in Android?

Question

Can anyone tell me how to mask the substring in EditText or how to change EditText substring input to password type

Answer 1

Using TextWatcher in Android

Here is a sample code. Try using addTextChangedListener method of TextView

addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

        BigDecimal previousValue;
        BigDecimal currentValue;

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int
                count) {
            if (isFirstTimeChange) {
                return;
            }
            if (s.toString().length() > 0) {
                try {
                    currentValue = new BigDecimal(s.toString().replace(".", "").replace(',', '.'));
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    currentValue = new BigDecimal(0);
                }
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
                int after) {
            if (isFirstTimeChange) {
                return;
            }
            if (s.toString().length() > 0) {
                try {
                    previousValue = new BigDecimal(s.toString().replace(".", "").replace(',', '.'));
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    previousValue = new BigDecimal(0);
                }
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
            if (isFirstTimeChange) {
                isFirstTimeChange = false;
                return;
            }
            if (currentValue != null && previousValue != null) {
                if ((currentValue.compareTo(previousValue) > 0)) {
                    //setBackgroundResource(R.color.devises_overview_color_green);
                    setBackgroundColor(flashOnColor);
                } else if ((currentValue.compareTo(previousValue) < 0)) {
                    //setBackgroundResource(R.color.devises_overview_color_red);

                    setBackgroundColor(flashOffColor);
                } else {
                    //setBackgroundColor(textColor);
                }
                handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
                handler.postDelayed(runnable, 1000);
            }
        }
    });