Had a crash while trying to use the new TextInputField for Android and wanted to share my solution.
TextInputField
Trying the new TextInputField in the android appcomp
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'