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Lv.0 Shian
Lv.0 Shian

Reputation: 159

Need help in Android Studio: Text alignment

I have set android:gravity="right" to align my text to the right. However, when the length of the string exceeds the space, the following text can't be seen.

How can I solve this, so that the previous entry will move leftwards?

It appears that the problem of my code comes from EditText.append(), when I append the new input from the OnClickListener, the text would behave the way keyboard input does.

May you guide me how to solve it? Sorry I am new to Android

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/equation"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
    android:inputType="numberSigned|numberDecimal"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:gravity="right"
    android:layout_gravity="end"/>

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The Edit text widget is right aligned.

When the length of the string exceeds the space, the new entry can't be seen.

How to change it so that the old entry move leftwards, and the new entry will continue appear at the right end of the edit text widget?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 868

Answers (4)

ugur
ugur

Reputation: 3654

android:inputType="....|textMultiLine"

Upvotes: 0

rafsanahmad007
rafsanahmad007

Reputation: 23881

try this:

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/equation"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
        android:inputType="numberSigned|numberDecimal"
        android:clickable="false"
        android:gravity="right">
    </EditText>

Upvotes: 1

Saurabh Bhandari
Saurabh Bhandari

Reputation: 2458

Just add this property into your EditText

android:layout_alignParentRight="true"

this property supports all the android versions. Although @pail kanti also right but android:textDirection="anyRtl" support API level 17 and above

thank you.

Upvotes: 5

Pial Kanti
Pial Kanti

Reputation: 1610

Just add this to your EditText:

android:textDirection="anyRtl"

This will solve your problem.

Upvotes: 1

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