How to make the text starts from left in edit text android

Question

When i start entering in edit text, the text starts at the left border.I need to start entering text one step after the border line of the edit text.how to do it?

Answer 1

Simply give padding left like below in your EditText

<EditText android:paddingLeft="5sp"/>

Answer 2

Just add padding:

android:paddingLeft="5dp"

to your EditText