How to apply global custom style to android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText?

Question

I have my AppTheme defined in style.xml where I apply a custom style globally for all my app's TextView, EditText, Button etc.

Now I'd like to do the same for android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText but how?

It does not extend EditText so that style is ignored.

Here's what I've got:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <resources>

    <style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>

        <!-- Globally override default widget styles with custom -->
        <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/App.TextView</item>
        <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/App.EditText</item>
        <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/App.Button.Primary</item>
    </style>

    <style name="App.TextView" parent="@android:style/Widget.TextView">
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/text</item>
        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/textsize_normal</item>
    </style>

    <style name="App.EditText" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
        <item name="android:textColor">#f00</item>
        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-light</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/textsize_xxxlarge</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/text_hint</item>
    </style>

    <style name="App.Button" parent="@android:style/Widget.Button">
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/button_text_size</item>
        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-medium</item>
        <item name="android:textAllCaps">false</item>
    </style>

    <style name="App.Button.Primary">
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/button_primary_background</item>
        <item name="android:height">@dimen/button_primary_height</item>
        <item name="android:width">@dimen/button_primary_width</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">@dimen/padding_normal</item>
        <item name="android:paddingRight">@dimen/padding_normal</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/button_primary_text</item>
    </style>

    ...

It actually extends AppCompatEditText which extends EditText. However you are right, styles are not extended. — SafaOrhan, Mar 03 '17 at 07:20
@thushcapone No; the question still stands. I haven't had the opportunity to look into it since, but a solution is still welcome as I still have it on my TODO. — Stephan Henningsen, Mar 14 '17 at 19:40

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '19 at 19:18

With the Material theme you can use the textInputStyle to style the com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout component.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light">
   ....
   <item name="textInputStyle">@style/MyTextInputLayoutStyle</item>
</style>

<style name=MyTextInputLayoutStyle" parent="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox">
     ....
</style>

If you would like to customize the TextInputEditText just add:

<style name=MyTextInputLayoutStyle" parent="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox">
     ....
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">
      @style/MyThemeOverlayTextInputEditTextFilledBox</item>
</style>

<style name="MyThemeOverlayTextInputEditTextFilledBox">
   <item name="editTextStyle">@style/MyTextInputEditText</item>
</style>

For example:

  <style name="MyTextInputEditText" parent="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputEditText.FilledBox">
    <item name="android:paddingTop">8dp</item>
    <item name="android:paddingBottom">8dp</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">myTextAppearance</item>
    ...
  </style>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '18 at 20:01

The new MDC components allow a lot of flexibility here but it is still quite strange. I wanted a custom font for all TextInputEditTexts, and the filled (default) style. The only way it would work for me is by specifying the font on the TextInputEditText using the global style attribute:

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="MyAppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="textInputStyle">@style/MyTextField.Outlined</item>
    <item name="editTextStyle">@style/MyEditTextFont</item>
</style>

<style name="MyEditTextFont" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputEditText.FilledBox">
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/my_font</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTextField" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox"/>
<style name="MyTextField.Outlined" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"/>

If for example you don't specify the editTextStyle, then the textInputStyle does work but has crazy missing padding. Anyway I recommend using both of these fields and styling them both as necessary.

Don't change the editTextStyle in the app theme. It works globally. Just use materialThemeOverlay attribute in the TextInputLayout style to override the TextInputEditText style only for these components. — Gabriele Mariotti, Sep 04 '19 at 19:20

How to apply global custom style to android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText?

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