diff -r ec8af0e3fbc2 -r bcc778a42b8c src/org/gege/caldavsyncadapter/authenticator/AuthenticatorActivity.java
--- a/src/org/gege/caldavsyncadapter/authenticator/AuthenticatorActivity.java	Tue Feb 10 22:40:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/org/gege/caldavsyncadapter/authenticator/AuthenticatorActivity.java	Tue Feb 10 22:48:00 2015 +0100
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.Editable;
+import android.text.InputType;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.TextWatcher;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
 import android.widget.CheckBox;
+import android.widget.CompoundButton;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@
     private String mAccountname;
     private EditText mAccountnameView;
 
+    private CheckBox showPassword;
+
     public AuthenticatorActivity() {
         super();
 
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@
         mUser = getIntent().getStringExtra(EXTRA_EMAIL);
         mUserView = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.user);
         mUserView.setText(mUser);
+        mUserView.requestFocus();
 
         mContext = getBaseContext();
 
@@ -143,6 +148,17 @@
                     }
                 });
 
+        showPassword = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.showPassword);
+        showPassword.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
+                if(isChecked) {
+                    mPasswordView.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);
+                } else {
+                    mPasswordView.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD);
+                }
+            }
+        });
 
         mURLView = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.url);
         // if the URL start with "https" show the option to disable SSL host verification
@@ -508,4 +524,4 @@
             showProgress(false);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}