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Android Studio – EditText.setHint doesn't work when it has content in it

I want to add a clear function to a button.
I have written this code:

clear.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {

            name.setHint("Enter name");
            mail.setHint("Enter mail");
            num.setHint("Enter num");
        }
    });

It works when the field is empty but does not if the field has content in it.

Thank you for your time.
It’s not a TextInputLayout. Works well with EditText.setText .

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  1. 0

    The hint will not show when there is text inside a text field. You can clear text like below:

    clear.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {

            name.setHint("Enter name");
            name.setText("");

            mail.setHint("Enter mail");
            mail.setText("");

            num.setHint("Enter num");
            num.setText("");
        }
    });
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  2. 0

    The hint will only show when the content is empty. So you may clear your content and set hint at the same time.

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