android:alignment of text in edittext

Question

I am making an app in which i have to use edit text and when i use this text on samsung galaxy s and emulator , the text starts from center of edittext rather than starting from top.The screen shot and code is 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 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

Update yor Edit Text tag like 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

你已经设置了背景图像，这就是为什么会出现这个问题，把android：paddingLeft =“20dp”和测试

Answer 4

尝试将xml或minLines中的编辑文本属性singleLine="false" minLines为> 1