added in version 25.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1

AppCompatEditText

public class AppCompatEditText
extends EditText implements TintableBackgroundView

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.View
     ↳ android.widget.TextView
       ↳ android.widget.EditText
         ↳ android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
Known Direct Subclasses


A EditText which supports compatible features on older versions of the platform, including:

This will automatically be used when you use EditText in your layouts and the top-level activity / dialog is provided by appcompat. You should only need to manually use this class when writing custom views.

Summary

Inherited constants

From class android.widget.TextView
From class android.view.View

Inherited fields

From class android.view.View