TextInputLayout.setError() leaves empty space after clearing the error

Question

I recently used TextInputLayout and it\'s setError() method. The problem I\'m getting is, when I clear the error by calling setError(null)

Answer 1

Then you should override it like so:

@Override
public void onAnimationEnd(View view)
{
    view.setVisibility(GONE); // <-- this is where you make it GONE

    updateLabelVisibility(true); 
}

Or try this i.e. on a button or whatever you are using:

final Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
btn.setVisibility(View.GONE); //<--- makes the button gone

Answer 2

I create a custom view for avoiding repeated code and override setError method.

    public class UserInputView extends TextInputLayout {

        public UserInputView(Context context) {
           this(context, null);
        }

        public UserInputView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
            this(context, attrs, 0);
        }

        public UserInputView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
            super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        }

        @Override
        public void setError(@Nullable CharSequence error) {
            boolean isErrorEnabled = error != null;
            setErrorEnabled(isErrorEnabled);
            super.setError(error);
        }

     }

Answer 3

The source code of TextInputLayout show the following: If you need to clear the error, just use

til.setErrorEnabled(false);

This will hide the error text and stretch the bottom space to its standard size.

In case you need to set the error again, just use

til.setError("Your text");

which automatically calls til.setErrorEnabled(true) as it assumes you need the error functionality.

Answer 4

The following code works fine

    textInputLatout.getEditText().addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
            if (s.length() < 1) {
               textInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(true);
                textInputLayout.setError("Please enter a value");
            }

            if (s.length() > 0) {
                textInputLayout.setError(null);
                textInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(false);
            }

        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

        }
    });