TextInputLayout animation overlaps the text when the text is set programmatically

Question

I am using TextInputLayout with the design support library 22.2.1.

I set the value of the EditText programmatically, and when the

Answer 1

I ran into this issue recently while using DialogFragment. To solve, simply disable the hint animation if you have a value in the field before you set the field value. The order is important.

For example,

TextInputLayout layout = (TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.text_layout);
TextInputEditText edit = (TextInputEditText) findViewById(R.id.text_edit);

String fieldValue = "Something";

layout.setHintAnimationEnabled(fieldValue == null);
edit.setText(fieldValue);

This way the layout does not initiate the animation when the text is set. You can also watch for text changes and enable it again when the field is empty.