android-textinputlayout

I manage to resolve this myself by overriding TextInputLayout like this : public class NoChangingBackgroundTextInputLayout extends TextInputLayout { public NoChangingBackgroundTextInputLayout(Context context) { super(context); } public NoChangingBackgroundTextInputLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { super(context, attrs); } public NoChangingBackgroundTextInputLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) { super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr); } @Override public void setError(@Nullable CharSequence error) { ColorFilter defaultColorFilter = … Read more

Create a custom style which uses @android:style/TextAppearance as parent in your styles.xml file: <style name=”error_appearance” parent=”@android:style/TextAppearance”> <item name=”android:textColor”>@color/red_500</item> <item name=”android:textSize”>12sp</item> </style> And use it in your TextInputLayout widget: <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout android:id=”@+id/emailInputLayout” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” app:errorTextAppearance=”@style/error_appearance”> Edit: Set the hint on the object, which is inside your TextInputLayout (EditText, TextView, etc.) to hold different colors for the hint … Read more