android - EditText vertical alignment

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:id="@+id/rl"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:padding="16dp"     tools:context=".MainActivity"     android:background="#e1e6db"     >     <EditText         android:id="@+id/et"         android:layout_width="450dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:inputType="textMultiLine"         android:maxLines="3"         android:minLines="3"         android:background="#b7afaf"         android:padding="5dp"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         />     <!--         android:gravity             Specifies how to align the text by the view's x- and/or y-axis when the             text is smaller than the view.              Must be one or more (separated by '|') of the following constant values.              top : Push object to the top of its container, not changing its size.             bottom : Push object to the bottom of its container, not changing its size.             left : Push object to the left of its container, not changing its size.             right : Push object to the right of its container, not changing its size.              center_vertical, fill_vertical, center_horizontal, fill_horizontal, center, fill,             clip_vertical, clip_horizontal, start and end.     -->     <EditText         android:id="@+id/et_second"         android:layout_width="450dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:inputType="textMultiLine"         android:maxLines="3"         android:minLines="3"         android:background="#378aff"         android:padding="5dp"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:layout_below="@id/et"         android:gravity="top"         />     <EditText         android:id="@+id/et_third"         android:layout_width="450dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:inputType="textMultiLine"         android:maxLines="3"         android:minLines="3"         android:background="#66be7e"         android:padding="5dp"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:layout_below="@id/et_second"         /> </RelativeLayout> 

MainActivity.java

 package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Gravity; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.RelativeLayout;   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      private Context mContext;     private Activity mActivity;      private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;     private EditText mEditText;     private EditText mEditTextSecond;     private EditText mEditTextThird;       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          // Get the application context         mContext = getApplicationContext();          // Get the activity         mActivity = MainActivity.this;          // Get the widgets reference from XML layout         mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);         mEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et);         mEditTextSecond = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_second);         mEditTextThird = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_third);          /*             public void setGravity (int gravity)                 Sets the horizontal alignment of the text and the vertical gravity that will be                 used when there is extra space in the TextView beyond what is required                 for the text itself.              Parameters                 gravity : int         */         // Set the vertical alignment programmatically for third EditText         // Specify the vertical alignment/gravity to bottom         mEditTextThird.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);     } }