How to clear an EditText on click?

In Android how can I make an EditText clear when it's clicked?

E.g., if I have an EditText with some characters in, such as 'Enter Name', when the user clicks on it these characters disappear.

Solution 1:

I'm not sure if you are after this, but try this XML:

android:hint="Enter Name"

It displays that text when the input field is empty, selected or unselected.

Or if you want it to do exactly as you described, assign a onClickListener on the editText and set it empty with setText().

Solution 2:

Are you looking for behavior similar to the x that shows up on the right side of text fields on an iphone that clears the text when tapped? It's called clearButtonMode there. Here is how to create that same functionality in an Android EditText view:

String value = "";//any text you are pre-filling in the EditText

final EditText et = new EditText(this);
et.setText(value);
final Drawable x = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.presence_offline);//your x image, this one from standard android images looks pretty good actually
x.setBounds(0, 0, x.getIntrinsicWidth(), x.getIntrinsicHeight());
et.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, value.equals("") ? null : x, null);
et.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        if (et.getCompoundDrawables()[2] == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (event.getAction() != MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
            return false;
        }
        if (event.getX() > et.getWidth() - et.getPaddingRight() - x.getIntrinsicWidth()) {
            et.setText("");
            et.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, null, null);
        }
        return false;
    }
});
et.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        et.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, et.getText().toString().equals("") ? null : x, null);
    }

    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
    }

    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
    }
});

Solution 3:

after onclick of any action do below step

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.yoursXmlId)).setText("");

or

write this in XML file

<EditText
---------- other stuffs ------ 
android:hint="Enter Name" /> 

its works fine for me. Hope to you all.

Solution 4:

that is called hint in android use android:hint="Enter Name"