EditTextPreference does not mask password even with android:inputType="textPassword"

Question

I have following code

<androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <EditTextPreference app:key="pref_password" app:title="Password" app:iconSpaceReserved="false" app:dialogTitle="Password" android:inputType="textPassword"/> </androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen>

But the edit text field is not masked with dots even with android:inputType="textPassword"

I am using androidx. Anyone please help

Update

I tried following as a commenter suggested, but no luck

<EditTextPreference android:key="pref_password" android:title="Password" app:iconSpaceReserved="false" android:dialogTitle="Password" android:inputType="textPassword"/>

instead of " app: ", go with " android: ". Link, stackoverflow.com/questions/6164430/… — Viraj S
– Viraj S, Commented Jul 13, 2019 at 13:05
Sorry about the constant rollbacking! There was a weird problem with the rollback button. (I intended to roll back the question to before the kotlin tag was added as this tag is not relevant to the question) — Edric
– Edric, Commented Jul 15, 2019 at 4:12
Just because you’re using Kotlin doesn’t mean you can add the kotlin tag. Tags should only be added if they are a topic in the question itself: stackoverflow.com/help/tagging — Edric
– Edric, Commented Jul 15, 2019 at 4:30

Mike · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-09 15:09:22Z

Setting attributes directly on the EditTextPreference doesn't work with the AndroidX library - since an EditTextPreference isnt' an EditText, and shouldn't work as such. Instead you should use an OnBindEditTextListener to customize the EditText when it is displayed. (need androidx.preference:preference v1.1.0 and higher)

See the settings guide for more information

edit with code:

Java:

EditTextPreference preference = findPreference("pref_password"); if (preference!= null) { preference.setOnBindEditTextListener( new EditTextPreference.OnBindEditTextListener() { @Override public void onBindEditText(@NonNull EditText editText) { editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD); } }); }

Kotlin:

val editTextPreference: EditTextPreference? = findPreference("pref_password") editTextPreference?.setOnBindEditTextListener {editText -> editText.inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD }

can you add code snippet used to mask text also so answer looks more complete

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