Question

By default my EditText has next view:

<EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingLeft="10dip"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:inputType="textShortMessage"
            android:id="@+id/search_string" android:background="@drawable/search_text_bg">
            <requestFocus></requestFocus>
        </EditText>

When I input text to it, it changes self size and background stretches. how to avoid it?

Answer 1

There are some attributes you need to set:

If you want to have single line edit text then do:

android:singleLine="true" 

If you want to define maximum lines for edit text then do:

android:maxLines="3"