Flutter: Cupertino TextField with hintText

Question

I'd like to add hint text to CupertinoTextField without importing the material theme. Up to this point I tried mixing CupertinoTextField with InputDecoration like so:

CupertinoTextField(
   decoration: InputDecoration.collapsed(
       hintText: 'Enter you email'
   )
)

which results in the following error:

The argument type 'InputDecoration' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'BoxDecoration'

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '19 at 07:57

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I think you can achieve what you want with the placeholder property of CupertinoTextField.

Example:

CupertinoTextField(
   placeholder: "Enter Email",
)

answered Mar 11 '19 at 07:57

bytesizedwizard

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how about labelText? – temirbek Apr 20 '19 at 10:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 11 '19 at 08:58

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In the CupertinoTextField it's called placeholder not hint

you cant add like that

CupertinoTextField(
   placeholder: "Your placeholder here",
)

and for styling the placeholder i think you can't at the moment because its static and it's not customizable on iOS either.

answered Mar 11 '19 at 08:58

Mohamed hassan kadri

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Flutter: Cupertino TextField with hintText

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