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

Make sure the LayoutInflater is created from an AppCompatActivity

ex.

instead of

inflater = (LayoutInflater)ctx.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

use:

inflater = LayoutInflater.from();