TextInputLayout not showing EditText hint before user focus on it

Question

I am using recently released Android Design Support Library to show floating label with EditTexts. But i am facing the problem that the Hint on the EditText is not showing w

Answer 1

   <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:id="@+id/editText1"
            android:layout_margin="15dp"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

              <AutoCompleteTextView
                android:id="@+id/editText"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:hint="Add City" />

          </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Use this code snippet.Make sure your activity is AppCompatActivity. And dependency are also with latest versions

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'

Update the android studio to latest version. see output here

Answer 2

I found something different.

When setting the style for the fragment,

f1.setStyle(DialogFragment.STYLE_NO_FRAME,android.R.style.Theme_DeviceDefault_Light);

The bug was gone when I tried different Styles than "Theme_DeviceDefault_Dialog".

Give it a try.

Answer 3

I solved my problem with this code:

new Handler().postDelayed(
        new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                TextInputLayout til = (TextInputLayout) someParentView.findViewById(R.id.til);
                til.setHint("Your Hint Text");
                til.bringToFront();
            }
        }, 10);

The key here is the bringToFront. It forces the TextInputLayout to redo its drawing, which is not the same as doing invalidate(). If you are trying to display the TextInputLayout on a view that has animations or tranistions, you need to execute the above code at the end of the animation or transition. Just make sure that the code above runs on the UI thread.

Answer 4

Problem solved: Goto build.gradle of ur app and check design library. compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.1' It should be 22.2.1 or newer.

Answer 5

you should use android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText as EditText and set android:hint like below

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
                android:id="@+id/etx_first_name"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"                    
                android:inputType="text"
                android:hint="@string/hint_first_name"/>
    </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Answer 6

Set hint color that contrast to the EditText background.

<item name="android:textColorHint">#FF424242</item>

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