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How to make custom input pin code Android?

I make project on Kotlin Android. How can i make the same field and same input? It seems to me creating a few edittexts is not good decision enter image description here enter image description here ...
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2 answers
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Android set EditText style globally in theme doesn't work

As mentioned here Android set edit text style globally in theme doesn't work I have tried changing styles in theme file but globally it does not work. When I add it on individual component it ...
app's user avatar
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1 answer
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EditText style background specified in theme doesn't apply to EditTex?

I am creating an EditText like image. (Actually, I made it.) Created drawable xml and set EditText as background. However, to manage this more easily, I created a style in the theme and assigned it to ...
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1 answer
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How do I change the color of the blob on an Android EditText view? [duplicate]

I'm trying to style an EditText but can't seem to find the right style for one of the UI elements. I don't even know it's name, which is slowing me down a bit :) The background for this EditText is ...
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4 votes
2 answers
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How to apply shapeAppreanace in EditText and TextView using Material Design in Android

I want to design a TextView and EditText with round corner. There is one straight forward solution for this. Using custom shape background. But since material design 1.1.0 introduces shapeAppearance ...
Burhanuddin Rashid's user avatar
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1 answer
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How to modify appcompat theme in android to get same spinner as basic theme?

When i use following theme android:Theme.Light and main class extends activity(Mainactivity extends Activity) I get following output in which edittext and spinner are present and when i use ...
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EditText how to set colorControlActivated in Android 4.4 KitKat Api 19?

I'm trying to set the purple underline and cursor colors in an EditText to match green buttons in a dialog (see pic attached). I need to set the colors within the code, as different screens have ...
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1 answer
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Why EditText only accepts Theme?

I was trying to apply a style to an EditText to change it's colorAccent, I tried to set its style and android:textAppearance, but it completely ignored my new settings. The only way I got it to work ...
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5 votes
4 answers
3k views

EditText - Text selection background color change programmatically [duplicate]

I am working on dynamic theme apply on Android application concept. I am applying theme color programmatically for all UI. I want to change EditText selection background color programmatically. Any ...
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2 answers
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Applying an accent color to an EditText

Is it possible to apply an accent color to an particular EditText while others are unaffected ? i have this : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <!-- EditText on a ...
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2 votes
2 answers
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How to change the color of the text selection handle of one of my EditText?

I have some of my EditText that are placed on a blue background, and for theses EditText i would like to setup a white color for the text selection handles (without uploading new png image if possible ...
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2 votes
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EditText uses color Accent for this pointer in the photo provided

I found that EditText uses a default color Accent for the pointer , so how can i change the color of it ? On my EditText, if i insert android:theme= @style/mytheme, it will work but when i use style =...
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10 votes
5 answers
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Cannot set colorControlNormal and android:textColor in style

I am trying to style a material EditText view: <style name="AppTheme.EditText" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.EditText"> <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item> &...
lostintranslation's user avatar
5 votes
6 answers
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Android text selection handles have white background (instead of transparent)

The following screenshot shows my problem: The text selection handles have a white background and overlay other UI elements. How can I make the background transparent? Or the better question is ...
Barthy's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
615 views

How to add curved underline to an Edittext or a Searchview?

I want to create a searchview if possible or an edittext similar to that, i beleive It's in holo theme but my project theme is Appcompact, thnx.
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