Q:

How to set hint text as password in Android

Hello I am trying to set hint text of EditText to password chars but currently when I start to type then chars appear like password chars but hint text appear as simple text form so Is it possible to make hint text of password field to password character instead of simple plain text.  
See in the below screenshot it is displaying "Password" in simple text format and I want this should show password chars. 
I tried this thread solution Android EditText for password with android:hint but did not work for me
<EditText
    android:id="@+id/passwordEditText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/sign_up_views_vertical_top_margin"
    android:background="@drawable/edittext_border"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/password_drawable"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
    android:hint="@string/sign_up_password"
    android:ellipsize="start"
    android:imeOptions="actionNext"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:textColorHint="@android:color/black" />

A:

Yes Thank guys, your comments are useful always :)
It worked for me by doing simply
<EditText
    android:id="@+id/passwordEditText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/sign_up_views_vertical_top_margin"
    android:background="@drawable/edittext_border"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/password_drawable"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp"
    android:hint="@string/sign_up_password"
    android:imeOptions="actionNext"
    android:inputType="textPassword"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:textColorHint="@android:color/black" />

strings.xml
<string name="sign_up_password">&#9679;&#9679;&#9679;&#9679;&#9679;&#9679;&#9679;&#9679;</string>

