TextInputLayout auto focus

Question

I have a layout with a single TextInputLayout with an EditText inside it.

When the layout is loaded the EditText is immediately in edit mode, the keyboard is not up but the cursor is blinking and the hint is not inside the EditText but above it.

I want the hint to be animated out of the EditText only the the use first clicks the EditText.

How can I accomplish that? I have tried clearFocus() on both the EditText and the TextInputLayout.

My xml:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:id="@+id/textInputLayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1">

            <EditText
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:id="@+id/case_name"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="Case name" >
                </EditText>

        </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

@Kuffs android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" does not work either, you are welcome to try. — Aviran, Jul 21 '15 at 07:43
Maybe the question I suggested was not a good example but there are many others asking the same thing. Please use the search. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5550429/edittext-android-automatic-focus Check all answers not just the accepted ones. — Kuffs, Jul 21 '15 at 07:47
This one has most activity http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1555109/stop-edittext-from-gaining-focus-at-activity-startup — Kuffs, Jul 21 '15 at 07:49
@Kuffs this is not about the EditText, it's more about the TextInputLayout which is fairly new component with not a lot of reference. — Aviran, Jul 21 '15 at 07:49
The TextInputLayout is a wrapper around the EditText and is largely irrelevant. To achieve the effect you asked for, you need to prevent focus on the EditText. — Kuffs, Jul 21 '15 at 07:51
I've tried most of the suggestions there, they on the best case scenario I was able to remove focus, but the EditText's hint was also removed — Aviran, Jul 21 '15 at 08:08
Add the `android:focusable="true`" and `android:focusableInTouchMode="true"` elements in the parent layout of EditText. — Christian, Sep 14 '17 at 19:38
In case anyone (like me) is confused about how to interpret these pieces of advice, it does work to add `android:focusableInTouchMode="true"` to the immediate parent of the TextInputLayout (not the parent of the EditText). — pbergson, Feb 07 '18 at 20:58

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '15 at 07:17

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try this

editText.setCursorVisible(false)

answered Jul 21 '15 at 07:17

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that hides the cursor, but the focus is still on the EditText, which means the hint is not displayed. – Aviran Jul 21 '15 at 07:19
Could you show me your EditText? – Android Android Jul 21 '15 at 07:28
Sure, i've edited the question – Aviran Jul 21 '15 at 07:31
I think that the problem lies in the use of TextInputLayout. Is hint showing without TextInputLayout? – Android Android Jul 21 '15 at 07:45
Yes, but above the EditText not inside it. – Aviran Jul 21 '15 at 07:46
edit android:layout_height to wrap_content and remove layout_weight. Hint must be show – Android Android Jul 21 '15 at 08:04
Since there's only one answer on this question, it's pretty unhelpful that it's not a correct one, and the correct answer is buried in the comments above. – pbergson Feb 07 '18 at 20:59

TextInputLayout auto focus

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