how to write text right to left (Arabic Text)in Android ?

Question

I used Arabic text so, I want to write text from right to left so how i can write right to left text in android ?

Regards, Girish

please would you tell me how can you write arabic on android emulator ? — Totti, Jun 27 '12 at 04:34

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '11 at 10:43

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Try with Bidi

answered Oct 24 '11 at 10:43

SERPRO

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '14 at 14:19

Declare in your app manifest that your app supports RTL mirroring: add android:supportsRtl="true" to the element in your manifest file.
Change all of your app's "left/right" layout properties to new "start/end" equivalents.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 25 '12 at 16:31

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It looks like this is only possible starting with jelly bean

answered Sep 25 '12 at 16:31

mbonnin

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More specifically Android 4.2. RTL support in 4.1 is quite limited. See [this blog entry](http://android-developers.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/native-rtl-support-in-android-42.html) for details. – Ted Hopp Sep 03 '13 at 15:02
the BidiFormatter APIs are also now available for earlier platform versions through the Support Package in the Android SDK. – Alex Cohn Sep 12 '13 at 13:41

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 02 '15 at 03:33

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use this

android:textDirection="rtl"

android:gravity="right"

answered May 02 '15 at 03:33

Abbas

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While this does provide an answer to the question, you don't explain what it does, why it does it, or really anything for that matter. Especially because this question is more than 3 years old, it would be good to have a more complete, up-to-date answer for newer versions of Android. – Jon Egeland May 02 '15 at 03:54

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