TextInputLayout does not show hint in Edit Text

Question

Below is the code that I am using. TextInputLayout is included as a part of Androids new Design library. But it does show the hint inside of the EditText. Am I using this the wrong way?
Once I click on the EditText the hint text animation works properly. Also when I click on some other EditText the hint text returns properly. So that is also not an issue. But I am not able to view the hint text in the first place.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/tilDrugName"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edtDrugName"
        style="@style/ETPrescription"
        android:hint="@string/drug_name"/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

So can you see it or not? When `EditText` doesn't have any text - hint will show inside it. It moves out of `EditText` once you start typing/it has focus — questioner, Jun 06 '15 at 17:28
Update the design library to 22.2.1. `compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.1'` in your build.gradle. — sha, Sep 17 '15 at 04:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:23

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As far as I have come across, this has been a bug in Android Support library for design.

Android Source Bug

So I think this will be resolved in upcoming updates.

answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:23

Bhargav Jhaveri

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