Hint Alignment to the right of password EditText

Question

I\'m working on and activity with arabic language. I want the hint of the username and password to start from the right and I have no problem f typing started from the left

Answer 1

Here my solution (workaround) for editText with type = password. Work on Android 5, Android 6.

edittext_password = (EditText) rootView.findViewById(R.id.edittext_password);
            if (RTLUtils.isLeftToRightLanguage()) {
                edittext_password.setGravity(Gravity.START);
            } else {
                // Force a right-aligned text entry, otherwise latin character input,
                // like "abc123", will jump to the left and may even disappear!
                edittext_password.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL);
                // Make the hint display on the right hand side
                edittext_password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
            }
            edittext_password.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
                @Override
                public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {
                    isLeftToRight = RTLUtils.isLeftToRightLanguage(charSequence.toString());
                }

                @Override
                public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {
                }

                @Override
                public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
                    if (editable.length() > 0) {
                        isLeftToRight = RTLUtils.isLeftToRightLanguage(editable.toString());
                        if (isLeftToRight) {
                            edittext_password.setGravity(Gravity.START);
                            edittext_password.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR);
                            edittext_password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
                            // Move the cursor to the correct place (after the typed character)
                            edittext_password.setSelection(editable.length());
                        } else {
                            //edittext_password.setGravity(Gravity.END);
                            edittext_password.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL);
                            // When a character is typed, dynamically change the EditText's
                            // InputType to PASSWORD, to show the dots and conceal the typed characters.
                            edittext_password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT |
                                    InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_PASSWORD |
                                    InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
                            // Move the cursor to the correct place (after the typed character)
                            edittext_password.setSelection(editable.length());
                        }
                    } else { // empty text
                        if (!RTLUtils.isLeftToRightLanguage()) {
                            // Must be in this order (first setInputType then setTextDirection)
                            edittext_password.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_NO_SUGGESTIONS);
                            edittext_password.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL);
                        }
                    }
                }
            });

  public static boolean isLeftToRightLanguage() {
        Bidi bidi = new Bidi(Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage(), Bidi.DIRECTION_DEFAULT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
        if (bidi.isLeftToRight()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static boolean isLeftToRightLanguage(String text) {
        Bidi bidi = new Bidi(text, Bidi.DIRECTION_DEFAULT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
        if (bidi.isLeftToRight()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

And here result: (Arabic soft keyboard)

and English soft keyboard: