Android material design: remove hint animation

If you want to remove the floating label, then remove the TextInputLayout wrapping around your AutoCompleteTextView. This will remove the floating label feature.

If you want the floating label, but disable the animation, then with the support design library v23 you can use textInputLayout.setHintAnimationEnabled(false); in your code

or app:hintAnimationEnabled="true" as a parameter to the TextInputLayout in XML.