How to make EditText Hint right to left -sided?

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How to make EditText Hint right to left -sided

I write Arabic word hint ,, and its showing on the left side .

Look at this answer it has some detailed explanation http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1292575/android-textview-justify-text — theJango, May 25 '15 at 13:58

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 04 '15 at 09:49

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Try this one: Use android:gravity="right"

edited Jun 04 '15 at 09:49

ketan

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answered May 25 '15 at 13:59

Prashant

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– Prashant May 25 '15 at 14:07
Try this it work in my code. Let me know if not work – Prashant May 25 '15 at 14:08
@MaherIsmaail How is your layout:width property set ? – n1nsa1d00 May 25 '15 at 14:10
I just use the wrap_content – Prashant May 25 '15 at 14:14
thanks I was using android:layout_gravity="right" – Maher Ismaail May 25 '15 at 14:17

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 05:56

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try to use attributes

android:textDirection="locale"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"

It works for me

answered Jul 03 '18 at 05:56

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This also works for me but only at runtime, not in the Android Studio design view using the option "Preview Right to Left". – Michael Osofsky Jul 15 '19 at 17:02

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 02 '19 at 06:13

You can use below code to resolve your problem:

        myEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
            if (myEditText.getText().toString().length() > 0 & myEditText.getGravity() != Gravity.LEFT) {
                myEditText.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
            } else if (myEditText.getText().toString().length() == 0 & myEditText.getGravity() != Gravity.RIGHT) {
                myEditText.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
        }
    });

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 25 '15 at 14:20

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You can use android:gravity to change the position of your text in side the EditText container. Here you can find more about Gravity.

For example

<EditText
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Your hint here"
    android:gravity="end"
    android:id="@+id/editText" />

answered May 25 '15 at 14:20

Zelalem

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Well if I understood your question clearly, you are looking for the EditText container layout to be from right to left, in that case you can change the layout width and check. The above answer I gave you works for me. But if you are looking for the end of the screen layout, you can change it using: android:layout_gravity="end". – Zelalem May 26 '15 at 05:48

How to make EditText Hint right to left -sided?

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