i am subclassing TextInputEditText so that i can add a string to a password editText field. here is the subclass:
public class CustomInputEditTextWithPrefix extends TextInputEditText {
public CustomInputEditTextWithPrefix(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public CustomInputEditTextWithPrefix(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public CustomInputEditTextWithPrefix(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
}
@Override
public Editable getText() {
Editable s = (Editable) super.getText(); //why is this causing infinite stackoverflow ?
if(s!=null && s.length()>0) {
//salt the password
Editable pwSalt = new SpannableStringBuilder("my secret string");
s= pwSalt.append(s);
}
return s;
}
}
and the imlementation in xml is:
android:id="@+id/password"
android:inputType="textPassword" />
my issue is that when i execute the code the getText() override method keeps getting called over and over again. i took out the inputType but its still being called until stackoverflow. my idea was to append to the front of every string in the TextInputEditText a secret hash. What am i doing wrong ?