TextInputLayout Error right align

Question

I've an EditText enclosed within a TextInputLayout. I wish to display errors under the EditText, but aligned to the right end of the screen.

This is what I currently have:

The error is displayed like this:

What I want it to look like:

My XML is this:

        <android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
            android:id="@+id/text_input_email"
            style="@style/forgot_pass_text_inputlayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/tv_enter_email_message"
            android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/email_padding_top"
            android:hintTextAppearance="@{forgotPasswordVM.hintTextAppearance}"
            android:theme="@style/forgot_pass_til_state"
            app:error="@{forgotPasswordVM.email.textInputError}">

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/actv_email"
                style="@style/forgot_pass_edit_text"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="@string/email_address"
                android:imeActionId="@+id/btn_submit"
                android:imeOptions="actionSend"
                android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
                android:maxLines="1"
                android:onEditorAction="@{forgotPasswordVM.onEditorAction}"
                android:singleLine="true"
                app:binding="@{forgotPasswordVM.email.text}" />
        </android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

I'm using data-binding.

I've tried setting android:gravity="right" and android:layout_gravity="right" on both the EditText and the TextInputLayout. Neither works the way I want it to.

I've tried setting right gravity in the theme as well as the style. Neither has any effect on the error.

I've tried right gravity on the style that is applied within app:errorTextAppearance="@style/right_error". Even this doesn't work.

I tried programmatically shifting the Error to the right by using a SpannableStringBuilder with an AlignmentSpan following this link. Even that doesn't work for me.

I'm not sure what else to try. Please suggest.

Answer 1

So thanks to Mike's answer I was able to figure out the solution.

I created a custom class:

public class CustomTextInputLayout extends TextInputLayout {

    public CustomTextInputLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    public void setErrorEnabled(boolean enabled) {
        super.setErrorEnabled(enabled);

        if (!enabled) {
            return;
        }

        try {
            Field errorViewField = TextInputLayout.class.getDeclaredField("mErrorView");
            errorViewField.setAccessible(true);
            TextView errorView = (TextView) errorViewField.get(this);
            if (errorView != null) {
                errorView.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);
                LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
                params.gravity = Gravity.END;
                errorView.setLayoutParams(params);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            // At least log what went wrong
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Now I simply replaced my TextInputLayout with the CustomTextInputLayout. Works like a charm. Thanks a lot Mike. I wish I could credit you more for this answer.