It did for me as well. If you remove top though, it goes away. This is
a bug, albeit a lesser one than I thought at first as long as someone
knows the work around.

On Oct 8, 11:00 am, Studio LFP <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tested the following code:
>
> <EditText android:id="@+id/etMessage" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1"
> android:hint="Compose text message..." android:maxLines="3"
> android:capitalize="sentences" android:autoText="true"
> android:inputType="textShortMessage|textAutoCorrect|textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
> android:imeOptions="flagNoExtractUi"
> android:gravity="top|right" />
>
> On the following devices:
>
> Motorola Droid (2.2.2)
> HTC Hero (2.1-update 1)
> Samsung Galaxy Tab (2.2)
> Sony Xperia Play (2.3.2)
>
> They all worked fine. Maybe adding the "top" to it corrected it.
>
> Steven
> Studio LFPhttp://www.studio-lfp.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, October 8, 2011 10:42:59 AM UTC-5, Kostya Vasilyev wrote:
>
> >  FWIW: I just tried it on an HTC Incredible S (official firmware, 2.3.3)
> > and got the same result as the OP:
>
> > Setting android:gravity="right" made android:hint disappear.
>
> > Previews as rendered by a special library, which, AFAIK, does not use the
> > same exact code as a real runtime (device or emulator) does.
>
> > -- Kostya
>
> > 08.10.2011 19:20, Studio LFP пишет:
>
> > There is definitely something wrong in the code.
>
> > The first time I tested was on a Samsung Galaxy Tab (2.2) and I just tested
> > it again on the Xperia Play (2.3.2) and it worked just fine.
>
> > If you want to post the XML that contains the layout, that would be
> > helpful.
>
> > Steven
> > Studio LFP
> >http://www.studio-lfp.com
>
> > On Saturday, October 8, 2011 10:11:33 AM UTC-5, darrinps wrote:
>
> >> I have tried it out on a 2.2 device (Samsung Galaxy) and using the 2.3
> >> emulator. Same thing on both.  What is odd though is that is shows up
> >> in the preview just fine!
>
> >> I know, you would think that there is something shifting it in the
> >> code but the just isn't.
>
> >> This is very frustrating.
>
> >> On Oct 7, 4:04 pm, Studio LFP <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > I just tested this on an application I had in front of me and it worked
> >> > well.
>
> >> > Which version of Android are you testing on (and what hardware)? Are
> >> there
> >> > any other settings on the view that might be causing a conflict? Or
> >> maybe
> >> > there is another view overlapping that is causing an issue?
>
> >> > Steven
> >> > Studio LFPhttp://www.studio-lfp.com
>
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