How do I center the hint text within an EditText in Android?
I need to center the Hint text within an EditText
in Android. How do I do this?
Solution 1:
In order for centering of hint text to work with EditText you have to make sure android:ellipsize="start" is defined. I don't know why this makes it work, but it does.
Example pulled from personal code:
<EditText
android:id="@+id/player2Name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:ellipsize="start"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:hint="@string/player2_name"
android:inputType="textCapWords|textPersonName"
android:singleLine="true" />
Solution 2:
Actually, android:gravity="center_horizontal"
creates the centering effect you're looking for. Similarly, you can use android:gravity="start"
to put hint text at the beginning of the EditText view, and so on.
Solution 3:
Use this xml attribute:
android:gravity="center"
Solution 4:
use attribute
android:gravity="center"