EditText, with setErrot functionality without holding TextInputLayout. Just get parent, and try to setError for parent. If parent not instance of TextInputLayout than eror have been set to itself view.

AppTextInputEditText.java

package com.sirelon;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText;
import android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

/**
 * @author romanishin
 * @since 18.05.16.
 */
public class AppTextInputEditText extends TextInputEditText {
    public AppTextInputEditText(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public AppTextInputEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public AppTextInputEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    @Override
    public void setError(CharSequence error) {
        if (getParent() instanceof TextInputLayout) {
            TextInputLayout textInputLayout = (TextInputLayout) getParent();

            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(error)) {
                textInputLayout.setErrorEnabled(false);
            }

            textInputLayout.setError(error);

        } else {
            super.setError(error);
        }
    }

}