Android: align text in edittext

Question

I am creating an application in which I have to use edit text, and when I use this text on samsung s galaxies and the emulator, the text starts from the center of the edittext, not the top. The screen and code are as follows `

<EditText android:id="@+id/tester" android:layout_height="113dip" android:layout_width="420dip" android:background="@drawable/textarea_reason" android:paddingTop="-90dip"/> 

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Answer 1

You need to change the gravity parameter.

Java code

 editText.setGravity(Gravity.TOP| Gravity.LEFT); 

XML

 <EditText android:id="@+id/tester" android:layout_height="113dip" android:layout_width="420dip" android:background="@drawable/textarea_reason" android:gravity="top|left"/> 

Answer 2

Refresh yor Change text tag as ...

 <EditText android:id="@+id/tester" android:layout_height="113dip" android:layout_width="420dip" android:background="@drawable/textarea_reason" android:gravity="top|left"/> 

Answer 3

You installed the reverse source image, so the problem occurs android: paddingLeft = "20dp" and test

Answer 4

Try editing text properties singleLine="false" in xml or minLines to> 1