[TextInputLayout] Counter is hidden by keyboard

Description: If app:counterEnabled=“true” is set in a TextInputLayout, whenever a user opens a keyboard to type in something, the counter is hidden by the keyboard thus defeating its purpose of letting the user know how much he/she has typed and how much character(s) are left.

Expected behavior: The expected behavior, IMHO, would be to make the modify the component in such a way that the keyboard no longer hides the counter and allows the user to know how much character(s) he/she is left to type.

Source code:

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
        android:id="@+id/textInputDescriptionLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/TextInputLayoutAppearance"
        app:counterEnabled="true"
        app:counterMaxLength="35">

        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/tvDescription"
            style="@style/Text12RegularBlack"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:digits="@string/account_holder_name_input_keys"
            android:hint="@string/description"
            android:imeOptions="actionDone"
            android:inputType="textFilter"
            android:maxLength="35"
            android:paddingBottom="@dimen/padding_16dp"
            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_16sp" />
    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Android API version: 29

Material Library version: 1.1.0-alpha08

Device: Pixel 2

[leticiarossi]

We set it to true on the TextInputEditText’s default style here! https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/blob/master/lib/java/com/google/android/material/textfield/res/values/styles.xml#L178 so the R.styleable.TextInputEditText_textInputLayoutFocusedRectEnabled will be true by default

[drchen]

Looks like we can close the issue. : )