Android EditText android: textDirection

Question

I want EditText to always be LTR, how do I do this? android: textDirection really seems to be the answer, I can't get the project to compile with this directive

Answer 1

Adding \ u202D (LTR OVERRIDE) to the beginning of the line does the trick

Answer 2

use gravity for editText

android:gravity="right" 

Answer 3

use direction for editText

 android:textDirection="ltr" 

Answer 4

Add them to your EditText :

 android:gravity="left" android:textDirection="ltr" 

Note: android:textDirection requires API level 17