How to change the floating label color of TextInputLayout when calling setError()

Question

The character counter changes the floating label color when max length, but calling setError() does not change it.

I tried app:errorTextAppearance="@style/MyErrorText".

style/MyErrorText:

<style name="MyErrorText" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/error_color</item>
</style>

And I also tried setErrorEnabled(true). However, they made no change. Is there a way to change the floating label color when calling setError()?

xml code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/spacing_big"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/spacing_big"
        android:paddingTop="@dimen/spacing_small">

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:id="@+id/text_input_layout_name"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:counterEnabled="true"
            app:counterMaxLength="25"
            app:theme="@style/CustomTilTheme"
            android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/spacing_small">

            <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
                android:id="@+id/list_name"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="@string/name_hint"
                android:textSize="@dimen/text_normal">

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

        ......

    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

style/CustomTilTheme:

<style name="CustomTilTheme" parent="Theme.Design.Light">
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/accent_color</item>
</style>

java code:

    ......

    final TextInputLayout textInputLayoutName = (TextInputLayout) dialogLayout.findViewById(R.id.text_input_layout_name);
    textInputEditText = (TextInputEditText) dialogLayout.findViewById(R.id.list_name);
    textInputEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            int size = s.length();

            if (size < 1) {
                textInputLayoutName.setError("1文字以上入力してください");
            } else if (size > 25) {
                textInputLayoutName.setError("25文字以内で入力してください");
            } else {
                textInputLayoutName.setError(null);
            }
        }
    });
    if (args == null) {
        textInputLayoutName.setError("1文字以上入力してください");
    } else {
        textInputEditText.setText(args.getString("list_name"));
    }

    ......

I'm using

Support Library 23.3.0
SDK Tools 25.1.3
SDK Platform Tools 23.1
Build Tools 23.0.3

This app runs on Nexus 5 API23 (Official Android Emulator).

You can try this link, Hope it helps you. http://stackoverflow.com/a/32818303/5744335 — Arshak, May 01 '16 at 10:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

If you change TextInputLayout floating label color to blue:

 <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
                android:id="@+id/input_layout_register_firstname"
                android:textColor="@color/blue"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content">

Sorry i cant upload photo can you try this

Especially this is a quick answer, you can create more detailed style like this answer

How to change the floating label color of TextInputLayout when calling setError()

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