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 w

Answer 1

There is a simple solution to this as this worked for me

Just add android:theme="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat" to the TextEditLayout and it should work and you can change the theme as you need.