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I have an EditText . When i have less then 8 characters, the EditText has an minimum width. I want to use wrap_content .

It is caused because by the hint .

How can i solve this? I have tried everything.

I want like this:

Here is my code

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/et_actionbar_title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="YOLO"
        android:hint="New team"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:textColor="@color/gray1"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:background="@color/gold"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:minWidth="0dp"
        android:minEms="0"
        android:minHeight="0dp"
        android:paddingLeft="0dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
The only way to do this is to remove the hint or reduce the length of hint string.
If you don't want to remove the hint, hide it when a text is entered into the EditText.
editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
                if(!TextUtils.isEmpty(editText.getText().toString())){
                    editText.setHint("");
                 }else{
                    edittext.setHint(R.string.hint);
            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,
                    int arg3) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                Thanks! This worked good for me! I can't vote up your question. I need 2 reputation. If you vote my question, i can vote your answer :)
– BertLeonaers
                Apr 25, 2014 at 11:18
I guess it's not possible to change the font of hint as font is same for hint and text
but the work around will be
First
set the text size
 android:textSize="20sp"
second
then on text change listener change the text size programitically to 10sp.
then u might be able to use wrap content...
        
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