How do I center the hint text within an EditText in Android?

Question

I need to center the Hint text within an EditText in Android. How do I do this?

Answer 1

In order for centering of hint text to work with EditText you have to make sure android:ellipsize="start" is defined. I don't know why this makes it work, but it does.

Example pulled from personal code:

<EditText     android:id="@+id/player2Name"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_centerInParent="true"     android:ellipsize="start"     android:gravity="center_horizontal"     android:hint="@string/player2_name"     android:inputType="textCapWords|textPersonName"     android:singleLine="true" /> 

Answer 2

Actually, android:gravity="center_horizontal" creates the centering effect you're looking for. Similarly, you can use android:gravity="start" to put hint text at the beginning of the EditText view, and so on.