How to set input type as password to EditText programmatically

Question

I am using alert dialog with `EditText`. I want to set input type as password to that edit text programmatically. I found these two methods: ``` final EditText input = new EditText(getActivity()); input.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance()); input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD); ``` However, these don't work for me. It shows the text, but I want `EditText`. This is the code of dialog with `EditText`: ``` public void showDialog(){ /* Alert Dialog Code Start*/ AlertDialog.Builder alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity()); // alert.setTitle("JPOP"); //Set Alert dialog title here alert.setMessage(" Please enter password"); //Message here Log.e("dialog in password ","passworddddddddddddddddd"); // Set an EditText view to get user input final EditText input = new EditText(getActivity()); // input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT); // input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD); // input…

Accepted Answer

You are getting this problem because you are using `alert.setCustomTitle(title);`

after

```
input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
        input.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance());
```

Which making it again to normal type

either change : `alert.setCustomTitle(title);` to `alert.setTitle("your title here");`

or if you want to use `customeTitle`

Than use following code

```
input.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
input.setTransformationMethod(PasswordTransformationMethod.getInstance());
alert.setView(input);
```

after

```
alert.setCustomTitle(title);
```

How to set input type as password to EditText programmatically

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