How to create TextInputLayout with OutlineBox programmatically

Question

I want to create TextInputLayout with Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox style. I tried many ways but couldn\'t get the required result. Here is my code.

Answer 1

You can use the method applyStyle defined on the Theme class. In Kotlin, you can access it with the theme property on a Context (or subclass) instance.

The applyStyle function allows you to add a style to the current theme, that defines theme attributes referencing styles. After calling this method, you can pass the attribute as the third parameter of a View, like TextInputLayout, which will apply the desired styles while respecting the theme.

I used this technique in Splitties (a library which I authored), and there's some documentation plus examples that should help you: https://github.com/LouisCAD/Splitties/blob/v3.0.0-alpha02/views-dsl/README.md#using-styles-defined-in-xml

I did not yet add first class support for themes from Material Components in Splitties Views DSL, but you can do it yourself, and you can even open an issue to discuss it, or contribute so it gets integrated sooner.