Why my edit text is not taking gravity...?

Question

I am adding one edit text pro-grammatically, in that i am setting the gravity but its not reflecting.

code:

EditText bcc = new EditText(getApplicationContext());
        LayoutParams para = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 45);
        //bcc.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#00000000"));
        bcc.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));
        bcc.setSingleLine(true);
        para.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 5); // left, top, right, bottom.       
        bcc.setTextSize(15);
        bcc.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
        bcc.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_EMAIL_ADDRESS);
        bcc.setId(100);
        bcc.setLayoutParams(para);

its a dynamic content added only on some specific condition. — Noby, Dec 12 '11 at 12:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '11 at 12:14

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This gravity bcc.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM); marks only how text should lay inside EditText.

If parent of EditText is RelativeLayout you can provide rules inside RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.

answered Dec 12 '11 at 12:14

Jin35

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '11 at 12:44

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set gravity of parent of the view. If view parent is layout then the code will be like the following

((LinearLayout) bcc.getParent()).setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);

answered Dec 12 '11 at 12:44

Sunil Kumar Sahoo

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Jernej Lavbic · Answer 3 · 2015-02-18T10:33:43.860

When you creating EditText programmatically, you must at first set setKeyListener(TextKeyListener.getInstance());

Otherwise your view will always be aligned with Gravity.TOP.

I don't know real reason, but before you specifiy any other parameter to EditText, you must set setKeyListener(TextKeyListener.getInstance());

Correction : It only work if you create you custom widget by extending EditText and defining your widget in XML. Only tested on Android 5.0.1

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '11 at 12:35

Eventually you would be adding this EditText bcc to a view group? Depending on what type of ViewGroup the parent is, you would need to do the following:

LinearLayout:

via XML: You have to set android:layout_gravity="center_vertical".

via code:

LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = viewGroup.getLayoutParams();
lp.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL;
viewGroup.setLayoutParams(lp);

The code will be different for different parent layout types.

Why my edit text is not taking gravity...?

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