TextInputLayout not showing EditText hint before user focus on it

Question

I am using recently released Android Design Support Library to show floating label with EditTexts. But i am facing the problem that the Hint on the EditText is not showing when UI is rendered, but i see the Hint after i focus on the EditTexts.

My Layout is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent">     <FrameLayout         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="match_parent">     <ScrollView         android:id="@+id/ScrollView01"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="match_parent"         android:scrollbars="vertical">          <LinearLayout             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:orientation="vertical"             android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"             android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin">              <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout                 android:id="@+id/name_et_textinputlayout"                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin">                  <EditText                     android:id="@+id/FeedBackerNameET"                     android:layout_width="fill_parent"                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"                     android:hint="@string/feedbackname"                     android:inputType="textPersonName|textCapWords" />             </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>              <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout                 android:id="@+id/email_textinputlayout"                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content">                  <EditText                     android:id="@+id/FeedBackerEmailET"                     android:layout_width="fill_parent"                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"                     android:hint="@string/feedbackemail"                     android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />              </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>              <Spinner                 android:id="@+id/SpinnerFeedbackType"                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"                 android:layout_height="48dp"                 android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"                 android:entries="@array/feedbacktypelist"                 android:prompt="@string/feedbacktype" />              <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout                 android:id="@+id/body_textinputlayout"                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content">                  <EditText                     android:id="@+id/EditTextFeedbackBody"                     android:layout_width="fill_parent"                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"                     android:hint="@string/feedbackbody"                     android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences"                     android:lines="5" />              </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>              <CheckBox                 android:id="@+id/CheckBoxFeedBackResponse"                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"                 android:text="@string/feedbackresponse" />              <Button                 android:id="@+id/ButtonSendFeedback"                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"                 android:text="@string/feedbackbutton" />         </LinearLayout>     </ScrollView>  </FrameLayout>  <View     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="5dp"     android:background="@drawable/toolbar_shadow" /> </FrameLayout> 

I have also tried to set hint for the TextInputLayout using method setHint but no luck.

mNameTextInputLayout = (TextInputLayout) v.findViewById(R.id.name_et_textinputlayout); mNameTextInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(true); mNameTextInputLayout.setHint(feedBackerNameET.getHint());  mEmailTextInputLayout = (TextInputLayout) v.findViewById(R.id.email_textinputlayout); mEmailTextInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(true); mEmailTextInputLayout.setHint(feedBackerEmail.getHint());  mBodyTextInputLayout = (TextInputLayout) v.findViewById(R.id.body_textinputlayout); mBodyTextInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(true); mBodyTextInputLayout.setHint(feedBackBody.getHint()); 

Answer 1

Update:

This is a bug that has been fixed in version 22.2.1 of the library.

Original Answer:

As mentioned by @shkschneider, this is a known bug. Github user @ljubisa987 recently posted a Gist for a workaround:

https://gist.github.com/ljubisa987/e33cd5597da07172c55d

As noted in the comments, the workaround only works on Android Lollipop and older. It does not work on the Android M Preview.

Answer 2

That is a known bug of the Android Design library. It has been accepted and assigned.

So you should have this fixed in the next Android Design library release.

In the meantime, you could watch the issue tracker for a hacky-fix that might get posted there, but I don't know any as of now.

And yes, it only affect Lollipop and above.