TextInputEditText programmatically set hint not goes up on focus

Question

I am changing hint based on phone number and id, if user is entering number then I am programmatically setting hint to Enter 10 digits and when user enter id, the hint is Enter 5 digits Now the problem is, when I focus on TextInputEditText, the hint doesn't goes up.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
        android:id="@+id/textinput_web_ref"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight=".75"
        android:textColorHint="@color/colorA">

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/tv_web_input"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:backgroundTint="@color/colorA"
            android:inputType="number"
            android:textColor="@color/colorTransparent"
            android:textColorHint="@color/colorA" />

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

code

if (title.getText().toString().contentEquals("ID")) {
    inputEditText.setHint("Enter 5 digits");
} else {
    inputEditText.setHint("Enter 10 digits");
}

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '19 at 15:46

Try to set hint on TextInputLayout. For example:

if (title.getText().toString().contentEquals("ID")) {
    textInputLayout.setHint("Enter 5 digits");
} else {
    textInputLayout.setHint("Enter 10 digits"); 
}

TextInputLayout is generally a layout which wraps a TextInputEditText, EditText, or descendant to show a floating label when the hint is hidden while the user inputs text. So, your hint becomes the floating label when the user is writing anything in textInputEditText.

TextInputEditText programmatically set hint not goes up on focus

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