cursor in EditText hint does not start from right for Arabic

Question

I'm trying to make EditText with a hint text: In English "password" .. the cursor is correctly set to the left. But for Arabic for which the hint is "كلمه المرور" the cursor is always set to the left (the end of the hint) instead of the right.

<EditText
        android:id="@id/ETPass"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/etUsrName"
        android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/_25sdp"
        android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/_25sdp"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/_5sdp"
        android:background="@drawable/signup_edittext_input"
        android:ellipsize="start"
        android:gravity="center|right"
        android:hint="@string/Password"
        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
        android:inputType="textPassword"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/_5sdp"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:textColor="@color/orange"
        android:textColorHint="@color/orange" />

This happens only for android:inputType="textPassword" . Everything works fine for a normal text inputType.

Answer 1

For Android 17 and higher(4.2.+) its working:

android:textAlignment="viewStart"

Answer 2

Try:

android:textDirection="rtl"