Android Question Hide password during input (textbox)

[jo1234]

Hi,

I have a textbox that is used to enter the password. I have set the "password" property of the textbox to TRUE and selected the InputType = 524288 (TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS) to suppress text suggestions.

The text in the textbox is shown as dots when the focus is somewhere else. That's ok.
However, when you click on the textbox the keyboard opens and the password is shown as plain text.

How can I show the text as dots when the keyboard is open?

thanks a lot,
John

 

[DonManfred]

EditText1.InputType = Bit.Or(EditText1.InputType, 0x00000080) ' Dont use autocompletion on password...

Have you set the edittext to Password = true in designer?

 

[Informatix]

Look at the Masked EditText library. There's no problem with passwords.

 

[jo1234]

Yes, I have set the password property to True.
The problem is when I enter text. The text above the keyboard is shown as plain text. When I leave the keyboard, the text is shown as dots in the EditText control. However, when I edit the text again, then the password is again shown as plain text above the keyboard.

The Masked EditText library would be an option, but I'm still hoping that it could be done with the standard EditText control.

Any idea how I can prevent the EditText control from revealing the password when the keyboard is on?
thanks!

 

[DonManfred]

In this thread
http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/password-input.33833/#post-198136
the code

EditText1.InputType = Bit.Or(EditText1.InputType, 0x00000080)

seems to stop putting the text into suggested words. Have you tried it (instead your InputType = 524288)?

 

[Mahares]

Any idea how I can prevent the EditText control from revealing the password when the keyboard is on?

Make the box color the same as the box text color

Sub  txttest2_FocusChanged (HasFocus As Boolean)
    txtTest2.InputType = Bit.OR(txtTest2.InputType, 0x00000080)  'remove suggestion
    If HasFocus Then 
     txtTest2.Color=txtTest2.TextColor   'masks input
    Else
        txtTest2.Color=Colors.White    'or whatever color
    End If
End Sub

 

[Informatix]

Yes, I have set the password property to True.
The problem is when I enter text. The text above the keyboard is shown as plain text. When I leave the keyboard, the text is shown as dots in the EditText control. However, when I edit the text again, then the password is again shown as plain text above the keyboard.

Set WithSuggestions to False.