How to change the hint size of TextInputLayout

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Android Problem Overview


This is my xml

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
                style="@style/main_input_text"
                android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_medium_margin"
                app:hintTextAppearance="@style/TextAppearence.App.TextInputLayout">

                <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
                    style="@style/main_edit_text"
                    android:inputType="text" />

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

And this is style

<style name="main_input_text">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">@dimen/activity_edittext_height</item>
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/mc_shape_border_button_transparent</item>
        <item name="android:gravity">center_vertical</item>
        <item name="android:paddingTop">@dimen/activity_extra_small_margin</item>
        <item name="android:paddingBottom">@dimen/activity_extra_small_margin</item>
        <item name="android:keyTextSize">8sp</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">8sp</item>
</style>

I don't find something like hintSize, textSize and keyTextSize not helping

Android Solutions


Solution 1 - Android

In your styles.xml

<style name="TextLabel" parent="TextAppearance.Design.Hint">
    <item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
</style>

And then in your layout file:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
         android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
         android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
         app:hintTextAppearance="@style/TextLabel"
         android:minHeight="30dp">

Solution 2 - Android

Change the TextInputLayout's app:errorTextAppearance in XML.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:errorTextAppearance="@style/CustomTextInputLayoutStyle.ErrorTextStyle">

Where CustomTextInputLayoutStyle.ErrorTextStyle is defined in styles.xml as

<style name="CustomTextInputLayoutStyle.ErrorTextStyle" parent="TextAppearance.Design.Error">
        <item name="android:textSize">10sp</item>
</style>

Solution 3 - Android

@Santiago Martínez answer only works for hints on non empty Edittext (inside TextInputLayout)

But for empty Edittext, TextInputLayout hint takes property from Edittext textSize.

Solution 4 - Android

  1. Add hintTextAppearance to your InputLayout with a style

    http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" app:hintTextAppearance="@style/TextInputLayoutHintText" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="16sp" />

  2. Then just add the style to your styles.xml

Solution 5 - Android

For material 1.4.0

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0'

You only need to change the android:textSize attribute for the TextInputEditText for the hint size to change.

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
        style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="18sp"/>

    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Solution 6 - Android

You can reduce the font size on the EditText - that will reduce the size of the hint as well. i.e. android:textSize="16sp"

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