How to create TextInputLayout with OutlineBox programmatically

Deepak Vajpayee picture Deepak Vajpayee · Oct 25, 2018 · Viewed 12.3k times · Source

I want to create TextInputLayout with Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox style. I tried many ways but couldn't get the required result. Here is my code.

TextInputLayout textInputLayout = new TextInputLayout(getActivity(),null,R.style.Widget_MaterialComponents_TextInputLayout_OutlinedBox);
textInputLayout.setHint("My Hint");
TextInputEditText editText = new TextInputEditText(textInputLayout.getContext());
textInputLayout.addView(editText);
parentView.addView(textInputLayout);

I also tried:

TextInputLayout textInputLayout = new TextInputLayout(getActivity(),null,TextInputLayout.BOX_BACKGROUND_OUTLINE);

I want to create view like this .enter image description here

Answer

AskNilesh picture AskNilesh · Oct 26, 2018

UPDATE

Thanks to @Mike M.

You need to use TextInputLayout.setBoxBackgroundMode() method to use OutlineBox style

setBoxBackgroundMode (int boxBackgroundMode)

  • Set the mode for the box's background (filled, outline, or none).

Then you need to use TextInputLayout.BOX_BACKGROUND_OUTLINE) Constants

NOTE: To get the corner in your OutlineBox of TextInputLayout you need to use setBoxCornerRadii() method

SAMPLE CODE

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    LinearLayout parentView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        parentView = findViewById(R.id.parentView);

        TextInputLayout emailTextInputLayout = new TextInputLayout(this, null, R.style.Widget_MaterialComponents_TextInputLayout_OutlinedBox);

        emailTextInputLayout.setHint("Please Enter Email Address");
        emailTextInputLayout.setBoxBackgroundMode(TextInputLayout.BOX_BACKGROUND_OUTLINE);
        emailTextInputLayout.setBoxCornerRadii(5, 5, 5, 5);
        TextInputEditText edtEmail = new TextInputEditText(emailTextInputLayout.getContext());
        emailTextInputLayout.addView(edtEmail);

        parentView.addView(emailTextInputLayout);


        TextInputLayout passTextInputLayout = new TextInputLayout(this, null, R.style.Widget_MaterialComponents_TextInputLayout_OutlinedBox);

        passTextInputLayout.setHint("Please Enter Password");
        passTextInputLayout.setBoxBackgroundMode(TextInputLayout.BOX_BACKGROUND_OUTLINE);
        passTextInputLayout.setBoxCornerRadii(5, 5, 5, 5);
        TextInputEditText edtPass = new TextInputEditText(passTextInputLayout.getContext());
        passTextInputLayout.addView(edtPass);

        parentView.addView(passTextInputLayout);


    }

}

OUTPUT

enter image description here

Based on this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3246447/how-to-set-the-style-attribute-programmatically-in-android

  • Dynamic style change is not currently supported. You must set the style before the view is created (in XML).

That's the reason that TextInputLayout does not programmatically accept setting the outline boxed style.

Here is the simple solution:

You can use LayoutInflater

  • Instantiates a layout XML file into its corresponding View objects.

DEMO

Create a new layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/userIDTextInputLayout"
    style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="10dp">

    <android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/userIDTextInputEditText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:hint="Enter User Name"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

AndroidX (+Material Components for Android):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/userIDTextInputLayout"
    style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="10dp">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText 
        android:id="@+id/userIDTextInputEditText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:hint="Enter User Name"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Now using LayoutInflater add that TextInputLayout in your required layout

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    LinearLayout rootView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        rootView = findViewById(R.id.rootView);

        View view = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.temp_layout, null);
        TextInputLayout userNameIDTextInputLayout=view.findViewById(R.id.userIDTextInputLayout);
        TextInputEditText userNameInputEditText = view.findViewById(R.id.userIDTextInputEditText);
        userNameIDTextInputLayout.setHint("Please Enter User Name");
        rootView.addView(view);
    }
}

OUTPUT

Screenshot of app with an outlined text input

Note

If you want to add a TextInputLayout from XML, then please check out the following answer:

If you want to add more than 5 TextInputLayouts programmatically, then please consider using a RecyclerView. Check out the following answers:

Hope this helps!