How To Set The Cursor To The Right (edittext)?

How to set the cursor to the right with right align and hint text? Is it possible? I have a AutoCompleteTextView and a EditText with Text right align and an hint text. Now if one o

Solution 1:

You can use like this:

if (your_edittext.getText().length() > 0 ) {
    your_edittext.setSelection(your_edittext.getText().length());
}

Can you add this line to your EditText xml

android:gravity="right"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"//you set this as you need

But when any Text writing you should set the paddingleft to zero

you should use this on addTextChangedListener

Solution 2:

Set the android:Theme.Light style on the activity (theme) and android:gravity="right".

Solution 3:

This works for me.

textview.setTextDirection(View.TEXT_DIRECTION_RTL);