TextInputLayout and EditText hint visible

Question

I am facing a very weird issue after updating my Android Support Libraries, particularly 'com.android.support:design:25.1.0'. Take a look at the following screenshots:

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Note that the same code is working fine for email, country and phone fields but for Name field, the hint "Name" is also visible behind the user's name.

Following is the code:

Email code:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <com.touchd.app.ui.views.FontEditText
        android:id="@+id/textEmail"
        style="@style/loginEditTextView"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:gravity="top|center_horizontal"
        android:hint="@string/email_text_view"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />

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

Programmatically:

mEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.textEmail);
mEmail.setText(userProfile.email);

Name code:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <com.touchd.app.ui.views.FontEditText
        android:id="@+id/textName"
        style="@style/loginEditTextView"
        android:hint="@string/name"
        android:inputType="textPersonName|textCapWords"
        android:text="@string/no_name_specified" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Programmatically:

mName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.textName);
if (userProfile.name != null && userProfile.name.length > 0) {
    mName.setText(userProfile.name);
}

Style

<style name="loginEditTextView" parent="android:Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
    <item name="android:layout_centerHorizontal">true</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/primary_text_color</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">19sp</item>
    <item name="android:gravity">center</item>
    <item name="android:paddingBottom">10dp</item>
</style>

You can see the code is similar. Can anyone help me out here? Is it a bug in Android Design library or am I doing something stupid?

maybe I got it. It seams to me that the problem is on the gravity property: in email field you override the style with "top|center_horizontal" but in name field you don't so it remains "center". — carlol, Jan 23 '17 at 16:49
You should use or extend `android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText` inside the `android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout` - maybe this helps. — Christian, Jan 23 '17 at 16:54
It's a bug in 25.1.0, as mentioned in my answer. Roll back to 25.0.1 for now until this issue is fixed by Google. — Michael Dodd, Jan 23 '17 at 16:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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It's a regression in v25.1.0 of the Support Design library as mentioned in a previous answer. It'll likely be fixed in a future release. Roll back to v25.0.1 for now.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=230171

EDIT Fixed as of 25.2.0 apparently. Will confirm when I get chance to check.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jan 23 '17 at 16:52

Michael Dodd

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Okay, but then why is it working for email, country and phone? – Bugs Happen Jan 23 '17 at 17:01
Yes it has resolved the issue. Stupid Android – Bugs Happen Jan 23 '17 at 17:03
@BugsHappen It works fine when text is added by the user. This bug only happens for pre-populated EditText fields. – Michael Dodd Jan 23 '17 at 17:07
Please don't post the same answer to multiple questions. Flag questions as duplicates if they've already been answered here. – Mike M. Jan 24 '17 at 00:13
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This issue is fixed in Support Library Version 25.2.0. – Lavakush Feb 28 '17 at 04:58

TextInputLayout and EditText hint visible

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