Ice Cream Sandwich broke setError() for EditText?

Question

I use setError() on a EditText for validation. It was working fine prior to upgrading to ICS, but now the error box is empty. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

I was able to reproduce this on my Nexus S running Android 4.0.3.

Here's how I made it work.

1. Create a theme with:

   <style name="MyApp.Theme.Light.NoTitleBar" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar">
        <item name="android:textColorPrimaryInverse">@android:color/primary_text_light
        </item>
   </style>
   

2. Apply MyApp.Theme.Light.NoTitleBar theme to my application / activity from manifest.

       <application
            android:name=".MyApp"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
            android:label="@string/app_name" 
            android:theme="@style/MyApp.Theme.Light.NoTitleBar"
       >
   

Answer 2

Might it be connected to this reported bug?

Issue 22920: EditText: setError not readable when using Light Theme

Don't know how to fix or get around it though. =(