EditText set text start 10dp from left border

Question

Is possible in android EditText widget to set that text start 10dp from left border ? When I type something at the moment it is glued to left side and I need to put a little

Answer 1

Did this really solve your problem? setting padding on xml doesn't seem to apply on EditText for me. I solved it some other way. Placed the EditText in side a RelativeLayout view and applied the padding to that RelativeLayout.

as i had issues with EditText background RelativeLayout and set the EditText background transparent. Hope this helps