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