Set multi-line for EditText's HINT

Question

I know that I could change the No. of lines for EditeText\'s Text, yet could I change that of EditText\'s hint as well?

I could not find a solution online.

Thank

Answer 1

Nothing worked for me but:

 <EditText
         android:id="@+id/text"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:inputType="textMultiLine|textLongMessage"
         android:hint="\n"/>

To be honest I don´t understand why.. but including "\n" as hint in the xml did the trick!

Now you can call setHint from Java code:

searchEditText.setHint(getString(R.string.search_hint));

and remove the \n from strings.xml if you want to allow the text split automatically according to the room

<string name="search_hint">keyword, location, max price (e.g. 1K, 1M)</string>

Answer 2

use new line separator \n in ur hint.

like

android:hint="first line of hint \n second line of hint so on.."

in strings

<string name="urhint">first line of hint \n second line of hint so on..</string>

android:hint="@string/urhint"

hope it works..

Answer 3

set below two lines in your edittext in your xml file

android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="3"

so gives 3 multilines box are display in preview

Answer 4

unbelievable but true: setting the long text programmatically instead of setting it in the xml did the trick.

<TextInputEditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect"

Set the text programmatically:

mEditTextRemark.setHint(R.string...);

Answer 5

Try this:

String.xml

<string name="hint">Hint first line \n Hint second line \n Hint third line</string>

Layout.xml

 <EditText
         android:id="@+id/emailText"   
         android:layout_height="fill_parent"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:background="@drawable/login_edittext_background"
         android:imeOptions="actionNext"
         android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
         android:hint="@string/hint"/>