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How can I change the position of the hint in an editText?

I want to align my second hint(email) to match the position of the first one(nickname), and I can't seem to do it.
Please check my layout from this link
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayout"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_width="347dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textColorHint="#000000"
app:counterEnabled="true"
app:counterMaxLength="20"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.32999998">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/nickname"
android:maxLength="21"
/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
<EditText
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:id="#+id/editTextTextEmailAddress"
android:layout_width="342dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:layout_marginTop="31dp"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.463"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/textInputLayout"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.062"
android:hint="#string/prompt_email"
android:textColorHint="#000000"
/>
please note that I am a beginner in android, so take it easy on me.

EditText TextInputLayout Hint text alignment: Is there a way to align hint text like textAlignment property of EditText view

I have an inputText field(TextInputLayout's EditText) of fixed height.
I want to align hint text to top left of the view.
Problem: hint text is always displayed at center_verticle but I want to display it at top left corner.
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/aboutWrapper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="About Sponsor">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_about_sponsor"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="250dp"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="start|top"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHint="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_medium" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

As per this github issue you need to set android:minLines to at least 2 along with android:gravity="top".
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/txtInput"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:hint="Hint">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/et_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="top"
**android:minLines="2"**
/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

You can use:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="About Sponsor">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:minHeight="250dp"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="start|top"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences"
.../>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Try to add style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox" style to the TextInputLayout
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/aboutWrapper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="About Sponsor">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_about_sponsor"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="250dp"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="start|top"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHint="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_medium" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

You can use
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editTextTextPersonName5"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Message"
android:gravity="left|top"
android:inputType="textAutoComplete"
android:textAlignment="textStart" />
Here gravity attribute will help in aligning the text to whichever you want.
You can Refer Here

TextInputEditText hint is covered by box outline

I'm using TextInputEditTexts as text entry, and when I select them, the hint moves up as it should, but is covered by the outline of the box. Does anyone know why that would be happening?
Photo:
Code:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/title_layout"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColorHint="#color/grey"
android:theme="#style/OutlinedEditText"
app:boxStrokeColor="#color/blue"
app:hintTextColor="#color/blue"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/cover_art">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_marginStart="24dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
android:hint="#string/title"
android:inputType="textCapWords" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Remove in the TextInputEditText
android:layout_marginStart="24dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
In this way you are adding a margin between the main container (TextInputLayout) and the EditText
Use:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/title_layout"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_marginStart="24dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
android:hint="...."
...
>
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:inputType="textCapWords" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

You are placing android:hint="#string/title" attribute in com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText.
The android:hint="#string/title" should be placed in com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/title_layout"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColorHint="#color/grey"
android:theme="#style/OutlinedEditText"
app:boxStrokeColor="#color/blue"
app:hintTextColor="#color/blue"
android:hint="#string/title"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/cover_art">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_marginStart="24dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
android:inputType="textCapWords" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

How to constrain a sibling view to same height as that of TextInputEditText of an TextInputLayout

I want to show the label "Km" with a white background with the same height as that of the edit text field.
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox.Dense"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="42dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/inputDist"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/bg_left_corner_shape"
android:backgroundTint="#android:color/white"
android:fontFamily="#font/roboto_regular"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:maxEms="4"
android:padding="4dp"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/label_km"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:background="#drawable/bg_right_corner_shape"
android:backgroundTint="#android:color/white"
android:fontFamily="#font/roboto_regular"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="#string/km"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:textSize="14sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
But the TextInputLayout is taking some more height that the edit text field, I cant align the edit text and the "Km" label vertically the same levels.

As I understand your question check below answer
Give kmLable top and bottom constraint to edit text. Here I give fix width for a temporary purpose (change according to your requirement).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/inputDist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/dividerColor"
android:fontFamily="#font/roboto_bold"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:maxEms="4"
android:padding="4dp"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/label_km"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/dividerColor"
android:fontFamily="#font/roboto_medium"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="km"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:textSize="14sp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

try
setHintEnabled(false)
in your xml like this:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayoutInputDist"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:hintEnabled="false">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/inputDist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/dividerColor"
android:fontFamily="#font/roboto_bold"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:maxEms="4"
android:padding="4dp"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Password Type Default Unmask

I am using Android TextInputLayout with password type. I see a mask/unmask icon. How can I set the text to unmasked by default?
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/textInputLayout"
app:passwordToggleEnabled="true"
app:theme="#style/EditTextMaterialTheme">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/password"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Password"
android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text=""
android:textColorLink="#android:color/darker_gray" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

// When you define your edittext in oncreate method, that time put below line
youreditText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD);

Your XML should be like this
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/textInputLayout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:passwordToggleEnabled="true"
app:theme="#style/EditTextMaterialTheme">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/password"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Password"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text=""
android:textColorLink="#android:color/darker_gray" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
And in your java class write these lines
TextInputLayout textInputLayout = findViewById(R.id.textInputLayout2);
textInputLayout.passwordVisibilityToggleRequested(true);