Can you make an EditText input from right to left?

Question

I was wondering if you can control input on an EditText to move from right to left? The EditText would have to support insert/delete etc. from right to left as well. Is th

Answer 1

It sounds like you just need to set gravity to the right.

Answer 2

Try This....

1. Initialize User name and password fields.

   EditText username = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.username);
   
   EditText password = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.password);
   

2. Get current Locale for RTL languages like Arabic etc,.

   String getCurrentLocale = Locale.getDefault().getDisplayLanguage();
   

3. Then we should check which language is selected for RTL or LTR.

   if(getCurrentLocale.equalEgnoreCase("English")){          //LTR languages
   
         username.setGravity(Gravity.Left);
   
         password.setGravity(Gravity.Left);
   
    }else{                                                     //RTL languages
   
        username.setGravity(Gravity.Right);
   
        password.setGravity(Gravity.Right);
   
    }
   

4. Happy coding...!

Answer 3

try this code

//initialize
EditText userName = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.userName);

//set gravity for userName 
userName.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);

Answer 4

Just use this:

android:layout_gravity="start"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"

Answer 5

you can add to your edittext in xml:

in case of left to right :

   android:textDirection="firstStrongLtr"                    

in case of right to left :

   android:textDirection="firstStrongRtl"                    

Answer 6

   <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/edit_supporter_last_name"
            style="@style/TextInputEditText"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_person_black_24dp"
            android:inputType="text"
            android:drawablePadding="@dimen/default_margin"
            android:maxLength="10"
            android:padding="@dimen/default_margin" />

OUTPUT :