Input content type on Android

Setting the content type for input fields helps user entering data. For example, an e-mail address and password can be autofilled by a password manager. When the content type has not been set, this might not be possible to do automatically.

On Android, you can set a content type by using the android:optimizeForAutoFill property.

The following values are defined:

creditCardExpirationDate: auto-fillcredit card expiration date
creditCardExpirationDay: credit card expiration day
creditCardExpirationMonth: credit card expiration month
creditCardExpirationYear: credit card expiration year
creditCardNumber: credit card number
creditCardSecurityCode: credit card security code
emailAddress: email address
name: name
password: password
phone: phone number
postalAddress: postal address
postalCode: postal code
username: username

Example of using autofillHints:

XML

<EditText
    android:autofillHints="emailAddress" />

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