On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:26 PM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > Other platforms have a facility for specifying prompt text to appear > in a text entry box, but I don't see an Android way to do it (though > I'm no expert). You could easily fake it, though, by making the > background of the EditText transparent and placing a TextView behind > it containing the prompt text. Clear the prompt text with the first > keystroke in the EditText.
Have a look at: TextView.setHint(int resid) -- Daniel Drozdzewski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

