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How do I top start the hint text within an TextInputEditText in Android?

I need [top|start] hint text an TextInputEditText..
I use android:gravity="top|start" hint text still in center, but the text content is correct (top start)
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox.Dense"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:counterEnabled="true"
app:counterMaxLength="200">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:text="#={textProg.textProg.text}"
android:hint="Hint Text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:gravity="top|start"
android:maxLength="200"
android:textColor="#drawable/edit_text_color"/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

i don't know why your code doesn't work with you it work with me , but you can try this i hope it work .
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox.Dense"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
app:counterEnabled="true"
app:counterMaxLength="200">
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
android:text="#={textProg.textProg.text}"
android:hint="Hint Text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:ellipsize="start"
android:gravity="top"
android:maxLength="200"
/>
</com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>

why you not try by adding this android:ellipsize="top|start"

Probably it's an issue related to material design library. I have checked with different version and found different scenarios for same layout. Among them below version gives me the result that you want to achieve.
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.0-alpha01'
Output:

Multiple language issue in EditText Android

enter image description hereI am using 2 type edit text in my login page. In Arabic EditText gravity is END.But hint in EditText getting left align Why?. When i give inputType="textPassword" no issues. Issues in android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
EditText code given below
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/userName"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:gravity="end"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/password"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:gravity="end" />

Try removing :
android:gravity="end"
In the first EditText. It should automatically make the text RTL if you already placed arabic values-ar in values folder.
Don't forget to add:
android:supportsRtl="true"
In AndroidManifest.xml also.
Update;
Didn’t get you at first but, add these:
android:layoutDirection="rtl"
android:textDirection="rtl"
This will make the layout & text direction rtl and should help for the purpose.

Try with this
<EditText
android:id="#+id/username"
style="#style/Widget.EditText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:hint="#string/username"
android:layoutDirection="locale"
android:padding="10dip"
android:textDirection="locale" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/password"
style="#style/Widget.EditText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAlignment="viewStart"
android:hint="#string/password"
android:layoutDirection="locale"
android:padding="10dip"
android:textDirection="locale" />

Android TextInputLayout hint overlaps EditText hint

I am facing a weird issue, I have a InputTextLayout and an EditText in it, and I am trying to achieve something like this (shown in image below) (Image from material design guidlines: https://material.io/guidelines/components/text-fields.html#text-fields-layout), where there are two separate hints. I am doing this by adding android:hint to both layouts. This works fine, but when the focus moves away from this, the "label" moves down and overlaps the "placeholder" text. (Only when the user has not given any input and the edit text is empty - both hints overlap). Any pointers on how to fix this?
As a requirement I need both hints to be there, and the "Label" should not move down on focus change. Both hints should remain in their position
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Label">
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Placeholder"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Now the material components (alpha03) have support for placeholder text:
dependencies {
// ...
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.0-alpha03'
// ...
}
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
...
app:placeholderText="Placeholder text">

Perfect One!!!
xml code
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/inputLayoutPhone"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:hint="Phone Number">
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/edtPhone"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="+91"
android:inputType="phone" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
Kotlin code
edtPhone.hint=""
edtPhone.onFocusChangeListener = View.OnFocusChangeListener { _, hasFocus ->
inputLayoutPhone.isHintEnabled = hasFocus
if(hasFocus){
edtPhone.hint="+91"
}else{
edtPhone.hint= "Phone Number"
}
}
Java code
edtPhone.setHint("");
edtPhone.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View view, boolean hasFocus) {
if (hasFocus){
edtPhone.setHint("+91");
}else{
edtPhone.setHint("Phone Number");
}
}
});

As i know, we can't do as your wish.
Because, TextInputLayout is designed to float the hint once it gets focused So, once it went up nothing will be there in the place holder. We can do your requirement with slight changes as below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
tools:context="com.stackoverflow.MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:text="Label"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimary" />
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
app:hintEnabled="false">
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?actionBarSize"
android:hint="Place Holder"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
.

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Placeholder">
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Use the code below. It should work fine.
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:textColorHint="#color/white">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Placeholder"
android:inputType="text"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHint="#color/white" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Remove hint from either AppcompatEditText or TextInputLayout
use android:hint="" only in one either AppcompatEditText or TextInputLayout
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Placeholder"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
for more information check this link

For me best solution which I found is answered in https://stackoverflow.com/a/69261116/4024146

try to set hint separately for AppCompatEditText and TextInputLayout:
xml code:
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/inputLayoutPhone"
...>
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/edtPhone"
... />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>
Kotlin code:
inputLayoutPhone.setHint("Label")
edtPhone.setHint("Placeholder")

EditText textAllCaps not working with textIsSelectable

I have a TextView in my layout:
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAllCaps="true"
android:text="Hello"
/>
textAllCaps works good, no problem. But when I try to make text selectable by adding textIsSelectable
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAllCaps="true"
android:textIsSelectable="true"
android:text="Hello"
/>
textAllCaps not working. It seems like these two attributes can't work together properly. Have you any suggestions why it happens and how to make text both all caps and selectable (I'm interested in a most clear way, not setting text change listener and capitalizing text manually). I'll be appreciate for any suggestions, thank you.

Can you try this in Activity :
edittext.setFilters(new InputFilter[] {new InputFilter.AllCaps()});

I found one solution. It's to use AppCompatTextView and app:textAllCaps:
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:textAllCaps="true"
android:textIsSelectable="true"
android:text="Hello"
/>
I'm not sure this is the best solution (AppCompatTextView docs tells to use this component only when creating custom components), but it works.

You can set inputType property as "textCapCharacters" for Uppercase keyboard as default
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textCapCharacters"
/>

use like this
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
android:id="#+id/input_postcode"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textCapCharacters" //use this line dont forgot
android:textColorHint="#color/white"
app:hintTextAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.App.TextInputLayout">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_postcode"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:backgroundTint="#color/white"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:hint="Post code "
android:inputType="text" //dont use hereinputtype
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:maxLength="4"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textAllCaps="true"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHint="#color/white"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

Setting EditText imeOptions to actionNext has no effect

I have a fairly complex (not really) xml layout file. One of the views is a LinearLayout (v1) with two children: an EditText(v2) and another LinearLayout(v3). The child LinearLayout in turn has an EditText(v4) and an ImageView(v5).
For EditText v2 I have imeOptions as
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
But when I run the app, the keyboard's return does not check to next and I want it to change to next. How do I fix this problem?
Also, when user clicks next, I want focus to go to EditText v4. I do I do this?
For those who really need to see some code:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/do_txt_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/col6"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/gm_title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/coldo_text"
android:hint="#string/enter_title"
android:maxLines="1"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textColor="pigc7"
android:textSize="ads2" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/rev_text"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/coldo_text"
android:hint="#string/enter_msg"
android:maxLines="2"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textColor="pigc7"
android:textSize="ads2" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/colbtn_r”
android:clickable="true"
android:onClick=“clickAct”
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/abcat” />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Just add android:maxLines="1" & android:inputType="text" to your EditText. It will work!! :)

singleLine is deprecated. Adding an input type (eg: android:inputType="text") also worked for me.
Use android:maxLines="1" as singleLine is deprecated

android:singleLine has been deprecated, it is better to combine android:maxLines="1" with android:inputType="text". This would be the code:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="text"
/>

The answers given here were all very helpful, but I was still struggling to get my keyboard's "Next" to show.
Turns out that when you use Android's android:digits attribute in your XML, it prevents the android:imeOptions="actionNext" from working as expected.
The answer is actually to use the deprecated android:singleLine="True". This seems to force the IME Option to be respected.
Old, Non-Working Code
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/first_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ- "
android:ellipsize="end"
android:hint="#string/first_name"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
android:maxLength="35"
android:maxLines="1" />
Working Code
<android.support.design.widget.TextInputEditText
android:id="#+id/first_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ- "
android:ellipsize="end"
android:hint="#string/first_name"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
android:maxLength="35"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true" />
I'm not a fan of using a deprecated attribute, but for now it seems to get the desired result.

single line deprecated so you add below code I think inputType must.
<EditText
android:inputType="text"
android:maxLines="1"
android:imeOptions="actionNext" />

Finally i have got sure solution for this issue
Just add these 3 lines in your edit text and it will be working fine
android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
Here you can add maxLines according to your requirement. Do not use singleLine as it is deprecated now.
Good luck!

These three lines are enough.
android:singleLine="true"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"

android:inputType="text"
You have to specify an inputType in order for imeOptions to function.

below code is force
android:inputType="text"

Only this worked for me.
Change it:
android:maxLines="1"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"
on that:
android:singleLine="true"
android:inputType="text"
android:imeOptions="actionNext"

Key here is to set input type and imeOptions attributes
<EditText
android:inputType="number"
android:maxLines="1"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch" />

<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/auth_register_re_password"
android:hint="Enter Password Again"
android:imeActionLabel="login"
android:gravity="center"
android:imeOptions="actionUnspecified"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:maxLines="1"/>

Only put in your EditText xml
android:inputType="text"

Add this following lines to in your EditText.
<Edittext
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
android:layout_widht = "match_parent"
android:inputType="text"
android:maxLines="1"
android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
android:imeActionLabel="Search"
android:hint = "Search Here" />