Android TextInputEditText doesn't focus on cursor position

Question

When trying to edit long text inside TextInputEditText, the focus goes always to the bottom, so the top (where actually the cursor is) stays out of the screen and you cannot see actually what you are typing. See a GIF showing the TextInputEditText problem that I describe.

My xml:

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Notes"
    app:boxBackgroundColor="@android:color/transparent"
    app:hintAnimationEnabled="false"
    app:passwordToggleEnabled="false">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/notes"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Notes"
        android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Material library version:

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.5.0'

100 is too many. Why not try limiting it to 10 or something? — Lalit Fauzdar, Mar 20 '22 at 07:44
I would like to avoid having a limit for lines. Clearly reducing the maxLines would make the problem disappear. — erkan.molla.dev, Mar 20 '22 at 11:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 24 '22 at 20:11

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The issue has been fixed with this commit so using the latest beta release seems to be working just fine:

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.6.0-beta01'

answered Mar 24 '22 at 20:11

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Android TextInputEditText doesn't focus on cursor position

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