Android EditText setHint's font size dynamically

Question

I've been struggling with setting size of hints in my EditText. The hint's font size becomes too large and the layout starts to look horrible!

EditText dummy = new EditText();
dummy.setHint("some hint");

How do I dynamically and programmatically change the hint's font size w.r.t my priorly set MAX_HINT_SIZE (in pixels)?

You can use dummy.setHint(Html.fromHtml( "" + "some hint"+"")); — Krishna V, Jun 19 '15 at 12:03
This is indeed what I feared. Not too pretty but it works, I'll hide it away in a separate class only focused on font sizes =) Thanks! — Roel Strolenberg, Jun 19 '15 at 12:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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Found something for you

editTextPassword.setHint(Html.fromHtml("<font size=\"16\">" + "Password " + "</font>" + "<small>" + "(at least 12 charcters)" + "</small>" ));

See the accepted answer here

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Jun 19 '15 at 12:03

Neal Ahluvalia

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Tank you! Was not able to find it myself =) – Roel Strolenberg Jun 19 '15 at 12:41

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