Show/Hide Password in EditText in Android

To showing/hiding the password dots in the EditText in android, here’s the easy one-line way. Here’s the dummy layout with an EditText and a CheckBox for toggling the password dots. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_margin="16dp" android:orientation="vertical"> <EditText android:id="@+id/edtPassword" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="Enter password" android:inputType="textPassword" /> <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox android:id="@+id/checkbox" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Show Password" /> </LinearLayout> Now, you can toggle the password on the OnCheckedChangeListener using this snippet. checkbox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() { @Override public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean value) { if (value) { // Show Password edtPassword.

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