How to right-align text in an Android TextView or EditText?

I have an EditText in my application. I want to align the text in it to the right instead of the default left. I tried adding

android:layout_gravity="right"

but this doesn't seem to work. any other suggestions please?

Solution 1:

You should use android:gravity="right". layout_gravity is for the view (EditText) alignment against the container.

Solution 2:

You may use android:layout_alignParentRight="true" to align the EditText's right edge to its parent's right edge. Also, if you really want to use the layout_gravity or gravity attributes, check out this article that discusses the proper use of them.

Solution 3:

You can jst set property for edit text in property window i.e. Gravity to right or by adding code of lin e in xml file of UI : android:gravity="right"