How to Align ListView Text to Right in Android?

Question

I have a list view in an Android application used to display an ArrayList containing Strings and I can't find any properties of the ListView that would allow me to align the text of the ListView Items to the right of it instead of the left. Any help would be great, thanks.

Answer 1

The answer depends on how exactly do you build the list. If you use the the standard ArrayAdapter then you could use the constructor:

ArrayAdapter<String>(Context, R.layout.aligned_right, values);

where R.layout.aligned_right is a xml layout like this:

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/text1" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"                    
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" 
    android:paddingLeft="6dip"
    android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
    android:gravity="right"/>

Answer 2

This is because these parameters are not defined in the ListView, but in the ListAdapter instead. When you specify an adapter for the list, you should set it to return such a layout which aligns items on the right.

Answer 3

Add the below to the layout

android:layoutDirection="rtl"

Answer 4

This should suffice

android:layout_gravity="right"