Android : Typeface is changed when i apply password Type on EditText

Question

I use FloatLabel library (https://github.com/weddingparty/AndroidFloatLabel) to add a little animation when user begin to write something in an EditText Android

Answer 1

The following might solve it for you.

pass.setTypeface(user.getTypeface());

Essentially it just passes the Typeface of your username field and passes it as the Typeface for your password field.

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I found an explanation of this in the Dialogs API Guide.

Tip: By default, when you set an EditText element to use the "textPassword" input type, the font family is set to monospace, so you should change its font family to "sans-serif" so that both text fields use a matching font style.

In otherwords, a fix that can be done in XML would be as follows:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/password"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
    android:hint="@string/password"/>

Answer 2

Set the inputType as "text" in the xml,

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/edtPassword"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="@string/password"
    android:inputType="text"/>

Then make the EditText in the activity as

mEdtConfirmPassword = findViewById(R.id.edtPassword);
mEdtConfirmPassword.setTransformationMethod(new PasswordTransformationMethod());

Answer 3

It may be late to answer this question but i have came across this problem. So thought to answer this. I have solved it by Implementing a CustomTextWatcher.

Here is the snippet

private class CustomTextWatcher implements TextWatcher {
    private EditText mEditText;

    public CustomTextWatcher(EditText e) { 
        mEditText = e;
        mEditText.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT);
    }

    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
        mEditText.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT);
    }

    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        mEditText.setTypeface(Typeface.MONOSPACE);
    }

    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { 
        if(s.length() <= 0){
            mEditText.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT);
        } else {
            mEditText.setTypeface(Typeface.MONOSPACE);
        }


    }
}

Here is how you can use it in your application

EditText pin = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.pin);
pin.addTextChangedListener(new CustomTextWatcher(pin));

Answer 4

For some reason I didn't have to set the transformation method so this may be a better solution. In MyActivity:

  EditText editText_password = findViewById(R.id.edittext);
    editText_password.setTransformationMethod(new PasswordTransformationMethod());

Answer 5

you can use android:hit, and setHitColor in your activity, it will not affect the normal input

Answer 6

Another solution is just to save the typeface before you change the inputType and reapply it after. Strangely this doesn't happen when set the inputType in xml but happens when setting programatically.

val typeface = editText.typeface
editText.inputType = inputType
editText.typeface = typeface