android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout could not be instantiated

Question

I want to integrate android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout In my android application. I have copied the jar file android-support-design.jar from the sdk to my applications lib folder. I have added below code in my xml file for the Email EditText,

 <!-- Email Label -->
        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="8dp">
            <EditText android:id="@+id/input_email"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
                android:hint="Email" />
        </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

While add this code in my layout.xml file I am getting an error like,

Exception raised during rendering: com.android.layoutlib.bridge.MockView cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup
Exception details are logged in Window > Show View > Error Log
The following classes could not be instantiated:
- android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout (Open Class, Show Error Log)
See the Error Log (Window > Show View) for more details.

How can i fix this issue...

I'm not sure how the mentioned code produced `MockView cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup` please show the code that uses a mocking library — OneCricketeer, Jul 17 '16 at 17:13
Also, you should use Gradle dependencies rather than jar files. Less problems will arise — OneCricketeer, Jul 17 '16 at 17:14

score 50 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '19 at 12:21

50

replace

android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout

with

com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout

answered Jun 25 '19 at 12:21

saigopi.me

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '16 at 07:48

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If you uses AndroidStudio, you should not include android-support-design.jar. Instead, write like below in your build.gradle:

dependencies {
    ...
    compile 'com.android.support:design:24.0.0'
    ...
}

Edit: If this doesn't work you are probably using a different version. In Windows, go to:

[android-sdk]\extras\android\m2repository\com\android\support\design

On Mac:

sdk/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/design

This directory holds a number of version folders. Use the latest version on your build.gradle.

edited Dec 12 '16 at 07:48

Mardwan

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answered Jul 17 '16 at 17:16

nshmura

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I am using Eclipse for development – SHIDHIN TS Jul 17 '16 at 17:31
You should import support-v7-appcompat library. see http://stackoverflow.com/a/31431076/5183999 – nshmura Jul 17 '16 at 17:34
Thanks Its worked for me... I have added the library project from android-sdks\extras\android\support\design – SHIDHIN TS Jul 18 '16 at 17:08

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '19 at 11:23

add in the build.gradle following this line:

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

and use in the xml file:

 <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
                    android:id="@+id/inputLayoutMobile"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/dimen_20dp"
                    android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/dimen_20dp"
                    android:hint="@string/phone_number"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android.support.design:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/inputLayoutAppServerUrl">

                    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
                        android:id="@+id/edtTxtMobile"
                        style="@style/Style_TextView"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_smartphone"
                        android:drawablePadding="@dimen/dimen_10dp"
                        android:inputType="number"
                        android:singleLine="true"
                        android:scrollbars="vertical"
                        android:text="@={SettingViewModel.mMobileNo}"
                        android:textSize="@dimen/font_13sp" />
                </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Shouldn't we use androidx libraries? – Kwnstantinos Nikoloutsos Mar 11 '20 at 11:53 — Kwnstantinos Nikoloutsos, Mar 11 '20 at 11:53

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 21 '19 at 11:24

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I had similar problem, replace the TextInputLayout design pattern with below resolved for me:

com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout

edited Aug 21 '19 at 11:24

Jay Thakkar

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answered Aug 21 '19 at 10:20

anjali krishnan

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 17 '20 at 19:45

The dependency your using is part of the Android support library which is now deprecated and no longer supported by Google. Instead, use this:
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:<version>'
and replace <version> with the latest version from either Google's Maven Repository or MVN Repository

Perhaps you could read more from here Getting Started

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 26 '20 at 16:41

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For android androidX add this dependencies

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.0'

Then try

answered Aug 26 '20 at 16:41

Jewel Rana

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 17 '21 at 18:46

If implementation, compile and api doesn't work try using classpath with latest version of material library you can find latest version on Google's Maven Repository

dependencies {
    .....
    classpath 'com.google.android.material:material:1.4.0-beta01'
    ....
}

score -6 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 22 '18 at 13:28

-6

You are making mistake in giving id give id to TextInputLayout

answered Jun 22 '18 at 13:28

Vickie Kangare

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there is no relevance of setting id , TextInputLayout is a part of material design library so we need to add the relevant library to get its intellisense autofill in xml. – SaadurRehman Sep 09 '20 at 05:06

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