programmatically set edit text hint in android?

Question

is there a way to set the text hint displayed inside of an android edittext with java? I would like for my app to be able to display different things in the edittext at diff

Answer 1

if you are using actionbarsherlock searchview, this is the best way to set string dynamically

   AutoCompleteTextView searchTextView =
                    (AutoCompleteTextView) mSearchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_src_text);

searchTextView.setHint(getResources().getString(R.string.search));