Yep, that would appear to be it. (Sorry I besmirched the good name of Android ;) )
On Oct 14, 1:51 pm, Daniel Drozdzewski <[email protected]> wrote: > 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

