Set Inputtype for an Edittext Programmatically

Set inputType for an EditText Programmatically?

According to the TextView docs, the programmatic version of android:password is setTransformationMethod(), not setInputType(). So something like:

mEdit.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance());

should do the trick.

Programmatically change input type of the EditText from PASSWORD to NORMAL & vice versa

Add an extra attribute to that EditText programmatically and you are done:

password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);

For numeric password (pin):

password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_VARIATION_PASSWORD);

Also, make sure that the cursor is at the end of the text in the EditText because when you change the input type the cursor will be automatically set to the starting point. So I suggest using the following code:

et_password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
et_password.setSelection(et_password.getText().length());

When using Data Binding, you can make use of the following code:

<data>
        <import type="android.text.InputType"/>
.
.
.
<EditText
android:inputType='@{someViewModel.isMasked ? 
(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD) :
InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT }'

If using Kotlin:

password.inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD

How to programmatically set EditText's InputType to integer or decimal?

You can use this code:

EditText edt = new EditText(context);
edt.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL); //for decimal numbers
edt.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED); //for positive or negative values

If together:

edt.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_DECIMAL | InputType.TYPE_NUMBER_FLAG_SIGNED);

How to set InputType 'time' programmatically?

For time field:

 setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_DATETIME |InputType.TYPE_DATETIME_VARIATION_TIME);

datetime has dot(.), slash(/) which I do not want to show in keyboard

You should try with

setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789:"));

Programmatically created EditText's Input Type Password not working

Just replace edittext.setSingleLine(true); with edittext.setMaxLines(1);

AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
final EditText edittext = new EditText(ChildMainScreen.this);
edittext.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
edittext.setMaxLines(1);
alert.setMessage("Please enter password to continue");
alert.setView(edittext);
alert.show();

How to properly set InputType for EditText?

use just input type instead

input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_NUMBER);

Set EditText Digits Programmatically

Try this:

<EditText
    android:inputType="number"
    android:digits="0123456789."
/>

From Code:

weightInput.setKeyListener(DigitsKeyListener.getInstance("0123456789."));

But, it allows the user to include several "."
See JoeyRA's answer for real numbers.

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