Android TextInputEditText Tutorial.
This is a subclass of android.widget.EditText
designed to be used as a child of android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
.
TextInputLayout
itself is important since it wraps an TextInputEditText
and shows a floating label when the hint is hidden due to the user inputting text.
TextInputEditText is compatible with older versions of the platform in that it derives from AppCompatEditText
.
This allows it to inherit alot of features and apis.