I have a TextInputEditText and a MaterialAutoCompleteTextView inside a TextInputLayout:

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="@string/name">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
        android:id="@+id/name"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="@string/category">

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.MaterialAutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/category1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

Apart from the different tag, they are identical. However, this is what it looks like:

The font in the MaterialAutoCompleteTextView is larger and there is no padding.

1. Is there an obvious reason why this is rendered differently?

2. Is there an easy way to make it look like the TextInputEditText (thus, without fiddling)?