EditText

EditText is used to get input from the user. EditText is commonly used in forms and login or registration screens. Following steps are used to create EditText in Kotlin:

Different attributes of EditText widgets –

XML Attributes	Description
android:id	Used to uniquely identify the control
android:gravity	Used to specify how to align the text like left, right, center, top, etc.
android:hint	Used to display the hint text when text is empty
android:text	Used to set the text of the EditText
android:textSize	Used to set size of the text.
android:textColor	Used to set color of the text.
android:textStyle	Used to set style of the text. For example, bold, italic, bolditalic etc.
android:textAllCaps	Used this attribute to show the text in capital letters.
android:width	It makes the TextView be exactly this many pixels wide.
android:height	It makes the TextView be exactly this many pixels tall.
android:maxWidth	Used to make the TextView be at most this many pixels wide.
android:minWidth	Used to make the TextView be at least this many pixels wide.
android:background	Used to set background to this View.
android:backgroundTint	Used to set tint to the background of this view.
android:clickable	Used to set true when you want to make this View clickable. Otherwise, set false.
android:drawableBottom	Used to set drawable to bottom of the text in this view.
android:drawableEnd	Used to set drawable to end of the text in this view.
android:drawableLeft	Used to set drawable to left of the text in this view.
android:drawablePadding	Used to set padding to drawable of the view.
android:drawableRight	Used to set drawable to right of the text in this view.
android:drawableStart	Used to set drawable to start of the text in this view.
android:drawableTop	Used to set drawable to top of the text in this view.
android:elevation	Used to set elevation to this view.

Example Edit Text in XML :


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
		xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
		xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
		android:orientation="vertical"
		android:layout_width="match_parent"
		android:layout_height="match_parent"
		tools:context=".MainActivity">

	<!--EditText with id editText-->

	<EditText
			android:id="@+id/editText"
			android:layout_width="match_parent"
			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
			android:layout_margin="16dp"
			android:hint="Input"
			android:inputType="text"/>

</LinearLayout>