TextInputLayout not showing EditText hint before user focus on it

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Update:

This is a bug that has been fixed in version 22.2.1 of the library.

Original Answer:

As mentioned by @shkschneider, this is a known bug. Github user @ljubisa987 recently posted a Gist for a workaround:

https://gist.github.com/ljubisa987/e33cd5597da07172c55d

As noted in the comments, the workaround only works on Android Lollipop and older. It does not work on the Android M Preview.

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