How to create a edit text with a permanent hint inside it
android
Solution
Try to use RelativeLayout which contains a TextView and an EditText. I did something below, try it.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/constant_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#C0C0C0"
android:text="INR"
android:background="@android:color/transparent" />
<EditText
android:id="@+id/amount"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/constant_text"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:text="100 000" />
</RelativeLayout>
Problem
I have a edit text in which the user enters amount. What I want to do is set a textview value before it that is not editable by the user like "INR" and then the user will enter the amount in front of it. I want edittext to look like the below one. How can I do that? ``` <EditText android:id="@+id/Eamnt" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/button1" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_marginBottom="180dp" android:ems="10" android:inputType="numberDecimal" ```