title: EditText: Center hint but have entered text start from top
body: <p>Hi i have a edit text with the hint, i made the hint as middle using <code>android:gravity:"center"</code>. when i start typing from in the edittext the typing is starting from the middle, how to make the typing start from leftcorner while still  hint is centered</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;EditText
          android:id="@+id/edittext"
          android:layout_width="230dp"
          android:layout_height="110dp"
          android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
          android:layout_below="@+id/imageView1"
          android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
          android:layout_marginTop="33dp"
          android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/relativeLayout1"
          android:background="@drawable/roundcorners"
          android:ems="10"
          android:gravity="center_horizontal"
          android:hint="@string/fbhint"
          android:lines="6"
          android:paddingRight="5dp"
          android:textSize="14sp"      
          android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" /&gt;
  </code></pre>