material-components/material-components-android

[TextInputLayout] Set hint style for both floated and default positions

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#488 opened on Aug 2, 2019

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I'm adding text field programmatically and then setting styles to hint with setHintTextAppearance, but styles are working only on floated state and I couldn't find the way to apply them to hint at normal state. While setDefaultHintTextColor, does work for both. Setting textSize to editText child of TextInputLayout doesn't help also.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like to setHintTextAppearance work for both state of hint.

Describe alternatives you've considered It's probably also okay, if there will be new method for this? I don't see any other solutions.

Additional context I would like to help, but I'm not so experienced, so I will need a little bit guidance.

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Tech stack
androidjava
Domain
mobile
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Basic Android developmentUnderstanding of TextInputLayout
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70
Research direction
The TextInputLayout class in the repository likely has a method setHintTextAppearance that currently only applies to the floated state. The solution would involve modifying the hint rendering logic to also apply the appearance to the default (unfloated) state. Look at how setDefaultHintTextColor works for both states and implement a similar approach. The relevant file is likely TextInputLayout.java in the library. Check the existing behavior and consider adding a new method or modifying the existing one to accept a flag for both states.