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Make onItemClickListener work with a disabled TextInputEditText

I have a ListView look like the following, and each entry consists of two normal TextViews and one toggle button.
I want to add a floating hint and a word counter for the TextViews on each entry. So, I changed the TextView to TextInputEditText, and they look like the following:
The problem is after I use TextInputEditText, the onItemClickListener no longer responds to clicks. I tried different settings for android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" on the list entry, and also tried android:focusable="false" and android:focusableInTouchMode="false" on the TextInputEditText.
What settings do I need to make TextInputEditText completely disabled/un-editable like a regular TextView while keeping its nice floating hint and word counter?
Code for normal TextView, which works well with onItemClickListener
<TextView
style="#style/bodyText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/thin_boarder"
android:text="TestName 1"/>
code for TextInputEditText which does NOT work with onItemClickListener
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/name">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:clickable="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:gravity="top|start" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Default text for TextInputLayout with AutoCompleteTextView

I am using this to display a Spinner type of view for TextInputLayout but I am not getting how can I set any default value to it.
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox.ExposedDropdownMenu"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:hintTextColor="#color/primary_color_3">
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/accType_dropdown"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:backgroundTint="#android:color/transparent"
android:inputType="none"
android:text="#={viewModel.mytext}"
android:lineSpacingExtra="5sp"
android:textColor="#color/name_primary_color"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
The placeholder only works when it is in focus mode so please suggest a workaround.
Edit:
I am using two way data binding in this textview and it seems due to this no solution is working in my case. Even i try to set default value for binded object then it automatically pop ups the spinner on application launch which i don't need so please suggest me something.

The AutoCompleteTextView can work with an Adapter.
Just for example:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/til"
..>
<com.google.android.material.textfield.MaterialAutoCompleteTextView
.../>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
Create the adapter:
ArrayList<String> items = new ArrayList<>();
items.add("Material");
items.add("Design");
items.add("Components");
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this,R.layout.item, items);
TextInputLayout textInputLayout = findViewById(R.id.til);
Set the default value and the adapter:
((MaterialAutoCompleteTextView) textInputLayout.getEditText()).setAdapter(adapter);
((MaterialAutoCompleteTextView) textInputLayout.getEditText()).setText(adapter.getItem(1),false);
It is important to set the filter false in setText(...,false) to
display the entire list in dropdown and not only the single value.

Use android:text attribute on AutoCompleteTextView like this
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.FilledBox.ExposedDropdownMenu"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:hintTextColor="#color/primary_color_3">
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/accType_dropdown"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Select Something"
android:backgroundTint="#android:color/transparent"
android:inputType="none"
android:lineSpacingExtra="5sp"
android:textColor="#color/name_primary_color"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

How to force soft-keyboard NOT to hide textview/counter under edittext?

The problem is that android keyboard is hiding textview under edittext (not edittext itself!) while being opened.
This is my layout example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:id="#+id/nestedScrollView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/big_image"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="600dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"/>
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/comment_input_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/big_image">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/comment_edittext_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="your comment"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:maxLength="250"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/comment_input_layout"
android:text="0/250"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Images below to make it clear:
screen without keyboard
actual behavior
expected behavior
I found several similar questions on stackoverflow, none of them has solutions:(
Please, help me to deal with this problem!
Be sure, that I used all advices considering android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
or android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
or android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
or android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
or adding this textview on separate from edittext layout, having framelayout as root,
but the problem is a little more complicated.
Another important things are, that this text below edittext should
remain above keyboard while text is going on another line
dissapear while edittext is scrolling up (as it is the part of edittext).

I faced the same issue. I have already log a ticket to Material regarding this.
The "hack" I applied, thanks to my awesome colleague's advice is this:
Whenever the layout is rendered and I click on the field which has the counter (which is the last field on my layout), scroll it to the bottom programatically, so that the keyboard not longer hides the counter.
Here are the difference pieces of code of my program which you can refer to:
override fun onFocusChange(p0: View?, isOnFocus: Boolean) {
if (isOnFocus.not() && getDescription().isEmpty()) {
tnDescriptionLayout.error = resources.getString(R.string.description_error_message)
tnDescriptionLayout.isErrorEnabled = true
} else {
tnDescriptionLayout.isErrorEnabled = false
llayout.postDelayed(object : Runnable {
override fun run() {
var v =
tnDescriptionLayout.findViewById<AppCompatTextView>(R.id.textinput_counter)
nestedScrollView.smoothScrollBy(0,v.height)
}
}, CoreConstants.MINIMUM_VIEW_LOAD_DURATION)
}
tvDescription.setText(getDescription())
lateinit var nestedScrollView: NestedScrollView
fun change(nestedScrollView: NestedScrollView){
this.nestedScrollView=nestedScrollView
}
paymentOrderContent.change(nestedScrollView = parentView.nestedScrollViewParent)
I hope that this helps you!

You can archive your design using this design also
In XML use TextInputLayout instated of edittext
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/itFAuthAnswer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/_5sdp"
app:passwordToggleEnabled="true"
app:counterEnabled="true"// add this
app:counterMaxLength="250" //add this
app:hintTextAppearance="#style/AppTextInputHintLabelStyle">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/et_auth_f_que_hint"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:singleLine="true"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
This lines of code is solved your issue in different way and its also suitable to your currant design.
app:counterEnabled="true"// make it true
app:counterMaxLength="250"//set your limit
Happy Learning...

please add this app:counterEnabled="true" app:counterMaxLength="250" to your TextInputLayout
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/comment_input_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
app:counterEnabled="true"
app:counterMaxLength="250"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/big_image">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/comment_edittext_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="your comment"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:maxLength="250"/>
Edit :
please try with this in your manifest
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize"

Android - TextInputLayout doesn't wrap hint of TextInputEditText

I have a simple TextInputEditText nested in TextTnputLayout.
I am trying to make the of TIL to be as long as the hint given in TIET.
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:hint="This is a hint"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
But the problem is, it doesn't show anything
I have to set TIL's width to match_parent or just any other width other than wrap_content. But I want to the width to be dynamic as in, the width of TIL follows the length of the hint provided. Is it possible? If yes, how to do that?
I am using support library version 26.0.2 btw.
Yvette Colomb's answer is close, the TIL wraps the TIET but the fancy animation doesn't work there. It might be because the animation won't start if hints are set in execution?

You can do so, by setting the hint in the java code.
Remove the hint from the xml:
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/inputTxt"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
Declare and initialise the TextInputEditText in the activity and set the hint.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final TextInputEditText inputTxt = (TextInputEditText) findViewById(R.id.inputTxt);
inputTxt.setHint("This is a hint");
}
This will wrap the text to the width of the hint as you type (not saying this is how it goes for all devices)
Then expand the width when you've entered the text.
To answer your updated question.
How to make the input layout grow as we enter input.
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/txtInputL"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/inputTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:maxLines="1"/>
The Java.
final TextInputEditText inputTxt = (TextInputEditText) findViewById(R.id.inputTxt);
inputTxt.setHint("This is a hint");
final TextInputLayout txtInputL = (TextInputLayout) findViewById(R.id.txtInputL);
txtInputL.setMinimumWidth(300);
txtInputL.setHint("This is a hint");
I've added a floating hint:
As we're typing:
If you have any other questions about this, please ask a new question.

You can achieve this from xml instead, just set the hint for both TextInputLayout and TextInputEdittext and it will work then to make the TextInputEdittext grow as you are typing you have to set the it maxlines="1" and the layout_height to wrap_content as below
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="This is edittext">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:hint="This is edittext
android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
I hope this help someone

Try this:
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/txt_inputLayout_gify"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/edt_gift_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="This is hint." />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

I found a type of workaround, for me I wanted to show Country Code in a disabled Material Design styled EditText, but same as you I was unable to use the wrap_context inside TextInputLayout.
So as a workaround I added the hint text in both TextInputLayout and TextInputEditText, and since I had a predefined text inside the TextInputEditText, the hint of TextInputEditText never appeared on screen, but made space for the hint of TextInputLayout to be visible.
Here is what I did...
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:padding="16dp">
...
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/country_code"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Country code"
app:hintTextColor="#737373"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="+91"
android:hint="Country Code"
android:enabled="false"
android:textColor="#737373"
.../>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
...
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
P.S. You might want to add a few more characters in the TextInputEditText hint, as that is what is controlling the spacing. Also the constraint layout is there just because I had other elements in the activity, you can avoid it and use any of your root view.
Screenshot

set your xml like so:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/text_field_layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="15sp">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/input_text_field"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="15sp"
/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
Now, adjust the size of the input_text_field to be BY THE SIZE OF THE HINT, depending on the hint size, like so:
val tf = input_text_field
val layout = text_field_layout
val hint = "Hint"
val measureText = tf.paint.measureText(hint).toInt()
tf.width = tf.paddingLeft + tf.paddingRight + measureText.toInt()
layout.hint = hint

Try doing this.
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="This is a hint"/>

Can you add a textview or something similar as a child to a textinputlayout?

I have an application that uses a lot of textinputlayouts because I like the style they create
on one screen I am showing info on one object and I want it too look like the data the user entered with the textinputedittexts , small caption above and the data below
right now I have a textinputlayout with a disabled textinputedittext below
is there a way to just have a textview under the textinputlayout that will be shown in the same style?
thanks in advance for any help you can provide
edit:
as a side note here's what I am currently using to disable the edittext fully
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/name"
tools:text="This is where the name goes"
android:inputType="none"
android:clickable="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />
what I am trying to avoid is not use clickable and inputtype etc etc in EVERY view that I'm trying to create, and instead use a single view
so other than creating a custom edittext (like NeverEnabledEditText) that starts unclickabke in every way, or add all those attributes to my xml, is there a way to do the above?

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/date_layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Date"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/tv_date"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:inputType="none"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="false"
android:drawableEnd="#drawable/ic_keyboard_arrow_down_black_24dp"
android:paddingEnd="4dp"
android:paddingVertical="12dp"
android:drawablePadding="4dp"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimary"
tools:text="00/00/0000" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
Although a TextInputEditText, now you have it acting like a textview because you can't edit it but can set text to it. You're welcome !