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user3623824
user3623824

Reputation: 193

cursor in EditText hint does not start from right for Arabic

I'm trying to make EditText with a hint text: In English "password" .. the cursor is correctly set to the left. But for Arabic for which the hint is "كلمه المرور" the cursor is always set to the left (the end of the hint) instead of the right.

<EditText
        android:id="@id/ETPass"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/etUsrName"
        android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/_25sdp"
        android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/_25sdp"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_5sdp"
        android:background="@drawable/signup_edittext_input"
        android:ellipsize="start"
        android:gravity="center|right"
        android:hint="@string/Password"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:inputType="textPassword"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/_5sdp"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:textColor="@color/orange"
        android:textColorHint="@color/orange" />

This happens only for android:inputType="textPassword" . Everything works fine for a normal text inputType.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2996

Answers (6)

Mosayeb Masoumi
Mosayeb Masoumi

Reputation: 583

editText.setSelection(editText.getText().length());

Upvotes: 0

Shahzeb Khan
Shahzeb Khan

Reputation: 3642

Maybe I am late, but I faced the same issue. I resolved the issue with the following workaround.

// Get Current language

public static String getCurrentLanguage(Context context) {
        SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
        return prefs.getString(CURRENT_LANGUAGE, "");
    }

// Check if the language is RTL

public static boolean isRTL(String locale) {
        return TextUtilsCompat.getLayoutDirectionFromLocale(new Locale(locale)) == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL ? true : false;
    }

// Set gravity to the right

private void repositionPasswordTextInArabic(){
        if( LocaleSettings.isRTL(LocaleSettings.getCurrentLanguage(this))){
            password.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);
        }
    }

Upvotes: 0

omprakash8080
omprakash8080

Reputation: 1391

Use both, to resolve the alignment issue (even in Samsung device also)

android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:textDirection="rtl"

Upvotes: 0

Ravi Yadav
Ravi Yadav

Reputation: 2386

For Android 17 and higher(4.2.+) its working:

android:textAlignment="viewStart"

Upvotes: 5

Hassan Karimi
Hassan Karimi

Reputation: 180

xml code 

   <EditText
                android:maxLength="@integer/lockMaxLen"
                android:inputType="textPassword"
                android:layout_width="180dip"
                android:gravity="right|center"
                android:hint="@string/lock_pass_hint"
                android:layout_height="45dip"
                android:id="@+id/lockPassword" />

in oncreate

 passwordEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence currentDigits, int start,
                                      int before, int count) {
                if (passwordEditText.getText().toString().length() == 0)
                    passwordEditText.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);
                else
                    passwordEditText.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
            }

            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
            }

            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            }
        });

Upvotes: 0

Kantesh
Kantesh

Reputation: 333

Try:

android:textDirection="rtl"

Upvotes: 1

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