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

None of the solution worked for me. I am using

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'

Tried all the soluton. My app runs perfectly in devices with lower sdk. But crashes in newer( greater than sdk 26) devices. But after scratching head for 2 days finally got the solution.

my layout editor showed the error of

The following classes could not be instantiated: - android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout

But it did not gave me enough information to work with. It was not until I looked at other errors at the layout editor. Under render problem I found that

Couldn't resolve resource @string/path_password_strike_through

I finally got the solution after investigating this render problem. All you need to do is add

app:passwordToggleDrawable="@string/string_name"

in your TextInputLayout xml file.