EditText cursor resides after the hint

Question

I have a simple sign in activity in my app with email and password fields. There is a strange problem with the hint and cursor position in the email EditText:

As can be seen in the image, by default, the cursor isn't at the first position. It is shown after the hint (as if the hint is an input text)

As far as the layout goes, the password EditText is the same as the email one, but it doesn't have this problem:

Anyone has any clue why this happens? And how can I solve it?

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Here's the activity's layout:

<ScrollView
    android:id="@+id/login_form"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <LinearLayout
        style="@style/LoginFormContainer"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/email"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="left"
            android:hint="@string/prompt_email"
            android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:singleLine="true" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/password"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="left"
            android:hint="@string/prompt_password"
            android:imeActionId="@+id/login"
            android:imeActionLabel="@string/action_sign_in_short"
            android:imeOptions="actionUnspecified"
            android:inputType="textPassword"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:singleLine="true" />

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
            android:gravity="center" >

            <!-- sign in button -->

            <TextView
                android:gravity="center"
                android:id="@+id/sign_in_button"
                android:layout_width="120dip"
                android:layout_height="50dip"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_marginLeft="25dip"
                android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
                android:background="@drawable/btn_background_login_and_offered_and_followers"
                android:clickable="true"
                android:onClick="signInButton"
                android:text="@string/action_sign_in_register" />

            <!-- sign up button -->

            <TextView
                android:gravity="center"
                android:id="@+id/sign_up_button"
                android:layout_width="120dip"
                android:layout_height="50dip"
                android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
                android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/sign_in_button"
                android:background="@color/Gray"
                android:onClick="signUpButton"
                android:text="@string/action_sign_up_register" />
        </RelativeLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

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If any other code part is needed, please tell me to add it.

Answer 1

Try this code:

android:textCursorDrawable="@null"

It works for me.