Change EditText hint color when using TextInputLayout

Question

I am using the new TextInputLayout from the design library. I am able to get it to show and to change the color of the floating label. Unfortunately the actual EditText hint is now always white.

I have tried changing the hintColor in XML, styles, and programmatically and also tried using the android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText but the EditText hint always shows white.

Here is my XML for my TextInputLayout and EditText

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android.support.design:hintTextAppearance="@style/GreenTextInputLayout">


    <EditText

    android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/city"
        android:textColorHint="@color/black"
        android:hint="@string/city" />

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

And here is the style I am using for the TextInputLayout (I tried making the hintTextColor attribute black but didn't do anything for me):

<style name="GreenTextInputLayout" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/homestory_green</item>
</style>

Answer 1

Define android:textColorHint in your application theme:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>

    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/secondary_text</item>
</style>

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