Adding a TextInputLayout

[Greum]

I'm trying to add a floating label to one of my EditTexts .

I have added the dependency

implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'

And then I wrapped the EditText with a TextInputLayout and changed the EditText to TextInputEditText

    <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/editName"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="@string/text_name"
            android:inputType="textPersonName" />

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

But when I run that layout the app crashes.

The first few lines of the error log are:

2019-07-25 19:40:45.717 7492-7492/com.domain.agedatabase E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.domain.agedatabase, PID: 7492
    android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #6: Binary XML file line #6: Error inflating class android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #6: Error inflating class android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.domain.agedatabase-XIahRtMJot7YD30IBJ79pQ==/base.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.domain.agedatabase-XIahRtMJot7YD30IBJ79pQ==/split_lib_dependencies_apk.apk", zip file "/data/app/com.domain.agedatabase-XIahRtMJot7YD30IBJ79pQ==/split_lib_resources_apk.apk", zip file

 

[Deleted User]

Do you have this dependency in your build.gradle?

compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'

 

[Greum]

Do you have this dependency in your build.gradle?

compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'

Yes, I added that but I get an error saying to use version 28 (compileSdkVersion), so I changed it to 28.0.0. Then I get a warning saying compile is obsolete and should be replaced with implementation, so I ended up with

implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'

 

[Greum]

I'm thinking maybe I should be using the androidx equivalent, but finding out what that should be is another matter...

 

[Greum]

Okay, so I created a simple app in android then refactored it to androidx.

The tags seem to be changed

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

and

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText

and it doesn't need the extra dependency, so long as there's

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'

 

[wseng92]

Has your problem been solved?

 

[Greum]

Yes. I didn't want to mark my reply as the best answer, but that is the answer

 

[wseng92]

I didn't want to mark my reply as the best answer..

I have marked it. Thanks for posting your solution here.

 

[havens1515]

OMG thank you for this! I've been having the same issue, and couldn't find the answer anywhere! So glad I found this!

 

[Chrisogonas Odhiambo]

Thanks lots Greum. You saved me on the issue of com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout