Android EditText view Floating Hint in Material Design

Question

Does API 21 provide a method to use the following feature:

http://www.google.com/design/spec/components/text-fields.html#text-fields-floating-labels

I'm trying to float the EditText hints.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Floating hint EditText:

Add below dependency in gradle:

compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0' 

In layout:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout     android:id="@+id/text_input_layout"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content">          <EditText             android:id="@+id/editText"             android:layout_width="match_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:hint="UserName"/>     </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout> 

Answer 2

Yes, as of May 29, 2015 this functionality is now provided in the Android Design Support Library

This library includes support for

• Floating labels
• Floating action button
• Snackbar
• Navigation drawer
• and more