Change EditText password mask character to asterisk (*)
Insert edittext in your xml file,
<EditText
android:id="@+id/passWordEditText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:inputType="textPassword"/>
and your class file go on and get findViewById from edittext and implement for this,
EditText edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.passWordEditText);
edittext.setTransformationMethod(new AsteriskPasswordTransformationMethod());
and This class implement for that,
public class AsteriskPasswordTransformationMethod extends PasswordTransformationMethod {
@Override
public CharSequence getTransformation(CharSequence source, View view) {
return new PasswordCharSequence(source);
}
private class PasswordCharSequence implements CharSequence {
private CharSequence mSource;
public PasswordCharSequence(CharSequence source) {
mSource = source; // Store char sequence
}
public char charAt(int index) {
return '*'; // This is the important part
}
public int length() {
return mSource.length(); // Return default
}
public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end) {
return mSource.subSequence(start, end); // Return default
}
}
};
And If your code is Kotlin then you have to make separate java file then you have to use java with kotlin code.
<EditText
android:id="@+id/passWord1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:inputType="textPassword"//here is the change. check it once in your xml
android:password="true"/>
In eclipse there will be hints when you click Ctrl + Space when you move cursor at android:inputType
. Then you can see list of options. there you can select textPassword
If you want to see *
in place of .
then check this Android: Asterisk Password Field