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

you might have added it compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0' but you need to add compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'

you can try this dependencies:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'

in your gradle file.

Answer 2

Finally I got this working...as per as the latest changes in the library itself, change the library from

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/txt_input"
        android:layout_margin="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/edt_first_name"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/guideline"
        app:hintEnabled="false">

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Floating Hint Disabled" />

    </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout> 

to

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/txt_input"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/edt_first_name"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/guideline"
        app:hintEnabled="false">

        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Floating Hint Disabled" />

    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Answer 3

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:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/testingInputLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat">

   <EditText
       android:id="@+id/testingEditText"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:hint="@string/testText"
       android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

You will need to add the appCompat library if you have not already:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'

Answer 4

in adroidx it worked for me i have the libraries

 implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
    //design widget
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'

i change

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout

for

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout

Answer 5

Make sure the LayoutInflater is created from an AppCompatActivity

ex.

instead of

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

use:

inflater = LayoutInflater.from(<appCompatActivity>);

Answer 6

I had the same issue with Android Studio 3.0.1

All you need to add the following line into gradle.properties (Project Propeties):

android.enableAapt2=false