Android TextInputField Inflator Error

Question

Had a crash while trying to use the new TextInputField for Android and wanted to share my solution.

Trying the new TextInputField in the android appcomp

Answer 1

This happened to me as well, and I came up with a solution that does not require changing the App Theme, but merely changing the Theme of the TextInputLayout:

You will need to add the appCompat library if you have not already:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'