change font for editText hint

Question

Is it possible to change the font for the hint displayed in the EditText field? I want to set the font in the xml itself.

Answer 1

use this code:

edittext.setAccentTypeface(typeface);

Answer 2

You can change it with a SpannableString and a Custom TypefaceSpan.

First, create a Custom TypefaceSpan class:

public class CustomTypefaceSpan extends TypefaceSpan {
    private final Typeface mNewType;

    public CustomTypefaceSpan(Typeface type) {
        super("");
        mNewType = type;
    }

    public CustomTypefaceSpan(String family, Typeface type) {
        super(family);
        mNewType = type;
    }

    @Override
    public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
        applyCustomTypeFace(ds, mNewType);
    }

    @Override
    public void updateMeasureState(TextPaint paint) {
        applyCustomTypeFace(paint, mNewType);
    }

    private static void applyCustomTypeFace(Paint paint, Typeface tf) {
        int oldStyle;
        Typeface old = paint.getTypeface();
        if (old == null) {
            oldStyle = 0;
        } else {
            oldStyle = old.getStyle();
        }

        int fake = oldStyle & ~tf.getStyle();
        if ((fake & Typeface.BOLD) != 0) {
            paint.setFakeBoldText(true);
        }

        if ((fake & Typeface.ITALIC) != 0) {
            paint.setTextSkewX(-0.25f);
        }

        paint.setTypeface(tf);
    }
}

Then just set the TypefaceSpan to a SpannableString:

TypefaceSpan typefaceSpan = new CustomTypefaceSpan(typeface);
SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString(hintText);

spannableString.setSpan(typefaceSpan, 0, spannableString.length(), Spanned.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

And finally just set the hint of your EditText:

mEditText.setHint(spannableString);

Answer 3

There is a very simple way to do it. I just did in my App and it worked. The Key is set Facetype of your TextInputLayout too along with EditText.

mEmailView.setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), getString(R.string.app_font)));
((TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.tilEmail)).setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), getString(R.string.app_font)));

Answer 4

In Kotlin:

            nomeEditText.setText("New Text") //changes the text
            nomeEditText.isEnabled = false //disables editable
            nomeEditText.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff")) //changes background
            nomeEditText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#737373")) //changes color text
            nomeEditText.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP,28f) //changes text size
            nomeEditText.typeface = Typeface.create("@font/roboto", Typeface.BOLD) //changes font familly
            nomeEditText.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL //centralize

Answer 5

I can change the hint font by use this library .

After compiling the library you must create a class of applications and the class definition following command:

CalligraphyConfig.initDefault(new CalligraphyConfig.Builder()
                  .setDefaultFontPath("font.ttf")
                  .setFontAttrId(R.attr.fontPath)
                  .build()
          );

After each activity you want Override it with the following command:

@Override
      protected void attachBaseContext(Context newBase) {
          super.attachBaseContext(CalligraphyContextWrapper.wrap(newBase));
      }

Answer 6

Take the approach of using a text input layout and placing a text input edit text inside

 <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/text_input_layout_Til">

   <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
      android:id="@+id/editText"/>

 </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

On the Fragment/Activity , Set the font you want for the hint onto the TextInputLayout(text_input_layout_Til) Then set the font on the edit text(editText) as well / If you do this , The text the user will input and the hint will have different fonts