[TextField] Disable populated label text

[FoodDatabase]

Description
According to the M3 TextField Specs (see example 7 in linked table), it should be possible to have outlined TextFields without a populated label text.
Unfortunately there is no possible attribute / method to achieve this behaviour (or am I missing sth. here?).

What we want to achieve is to have a TextField where we can set a hint, but when the user starts typing the hint is no longer shown. So far we only can deactivate the hint completely or otherwise have it shown as the populated label text.

Feature request / Wanted solution
It would be nice if the populated label text could be deactivated.

[REXRITZ]

@FoodDatabase I also didn't found any option to disable populated label text. But I did find a workaround with which we can achieve behavior mentioned in example 7 from M3 TextField Specs.
Firstly set following to TextInputLayout:
app:hintEnabled="false"
Then set hint inside TextInputEditText:
android:hint="your hint"

[FoodDatabase]

@REXRITZ Indeed this works!
But the Docs say the following:

Note: The android:hint should always be set on the TextInputLayout instead of on the EditText in order to avoid unintended behaviors.

So I am not sure if this leads to any problems?

[REXRITZ]

While the documentation acknowledges the possibility of unexpected behaviors, it does not provide specific information about the scenarios in which they may occur. Based on my understanding, unexpected behavior may arise when utilizing the "hint" attribute in both the EditText and TextInputLayout, rather than using one or the other exclusively.

Regarding the solution I proposed, it seems reasonable and should not cause any issues. However, it would be prudent to thoroughly test the implementation based on the use case.

[ts0ra]

still need proper official solution