Hello thanks for the cool library. I am having an issue though. Sometimes the float label shows itself by default when the edit text is empty. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Sometimes it shows and sometimes it doesn't.

Here is snapshot of the xml file I'm using and a screenshot. As you can see sometimes the label shows and sometimes it doesn't. The only difference I see between the views in the xml file is the input type but setting them all to the same thing has no effect. Any idea whats going on?

 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <TextView
        android:text="@string/title_payment_method"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <com.iangclifton.android.floatlabel.FloatLabel
        android:id="@+id/name_on_card"
        android:hint="@string/name_on_card"
        android:inputType="textPersonName|textCapWords"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <com.iangclifton.android.floatlabel.FloatLabel
        android:id="@+id/card_number"
        android:hint="@string/card_number"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <com.iangclifton.android.floatlabel.FloatLabel
        android:id="@+id/security_code"
        android:hint="@string/security_code"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <com.iangclifton.android.floatlabel.FloatLabel
        android:id="@+id/exp_date"
        android:hint="@string/exp_date"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Is there anyway how to use FloatLabelEdittext dynamically? (not in xml)

I have problem with: floatLabel.setHint("test") - it does not show any hint.

Thank you

how do you change the color of the FloatLabel? I tried doing this

<com.iangclifton.android.floatlabel.FloatLabel
            xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/title"
            android:layout_marginLeft="26dip"
            android:layout_marginTop="5dip"
            android:layout_marginRight="26dip"
            android:minWidth="200dip"
            app:floatLabelColor="@color/main_app_color"/>

but I get a build error saying

Error:(42) No resource identifier found for attribute 'floatLabelColor' in package

When rotating the device, focus is lost because each EditText has the same ID.

In a view with 2 FloatLabel's and the second one focused, focus is granted to the first one on rotation.

I am trying to define android:nextFocusDown on my username FloatLabel so it jumps to the pwd FloatLabel when the user hits the Next key. Is this possible? I tried defining custom layouts and I still couldn't get it to function properly.

Would be awesome i think =)

For now I use the steps below to integrate (via local maven repository)

• clone from git
• run gradle build
• locate FloatLabel.aar in build folder
• install locally to maven using command below (1)
• add (2) to your gradle dependencies

(1) mvn install:install-file -Dfile=FloatLabel.aar -DgroupId=com.iangclifton.android -DartifactId=floatlabel -Dversion=0.1 -Dpackaging=aar

(2) compile 'com.iangclifton.android:floatlabel:+@aar'

Situation

Custom ids are extremely needed to use ButterKnife, to set sugar listeners, etc. No matter one uses custom layout or not, custom id will give access to view from out the AndroidFloatLabel as to ordinary view.

Solution

• Layout
• Activity usage with ButterKnife sugar
• or without custom layout
• 

Hi, the AndroidFloatLabel's theme clashes with my app's theme.

Error:(10, 9) Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'. Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@theme value=(@style/MyAppTheme) from AndroidManifest.xml:10:9 is also present at com.iangclifton.android:floatlabel:1.0.1:15:9 value=(@style/AppTheme) Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:theme"' to element at AndroidManifest.xml:6:5 to override

I resolved adding this in my gradle:

android { useOldManifestMerger true }

I think it is not an error, but it is my first time with this issue and I want to share my experience in order to help somebody with this beautiful library.

Much like one can get the EditText of the float label at times it can be helpful to get the actual TextView portion.

In my case this was needed to set a custom typeface on both the EditText and Textview. Besides this change, it would also have been valid to simply add a setTypeface(Typeface) method to FloatLabel that applies the parameter to both the TextView and EditText, but just exposing the TextView is more general-purpose.

Need some pass-through methods for setting the EditText:

setText(int resid) setText(char[] text, int start, int len) setText(int resid, TextView.BufferType type) setText(CharSequence text) setText(CharSequence text, TextView.BufferType type)

Plus equivalent methods for setting the text without triggering an animation.

After adding your lib to my app dependencies I cannot build my project:

Error:(13, 9) Execution failed for task ':app:processDevDebugManifest'.
Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@icon value=(@mipmap/ic_launcher) from AndroidManifest.xml:13:9
    is also present at com.iangclifton.android:floatlabel:1.0.2:12:9 value=(@drawable/ic_launcher)
    Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:icon"' to <application> element at AndroidManifest.xml:10:5 to override

I'm not sure it is relevant to have a launcher icon in a library. Can you remove it?