Question

I want to get input from user . The inputs are text type such as name email phoneno :

Is EditText is the right way for reading input ?

Also i want to have the title of the input to be displayed like

Name
Email

And the data to be entered after these title.
So is it possible to have my cursor start from right end of the EditText and push characters to left as and when entered.

Also , now when i do gettext , even the title will be part of the read text .
IS there a way to get only the user input from EditText

<EditText android:id="@+id/name" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Name" android:inputType="textPersonName"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_below="@+id/textview1"
            android:textSize="15sp"  android:textStyle="bold">
        </EditText>

Answer 1

Q: Is edittext is the right way for reading input?

A: Sure. Why not? There are other alternatives, but “EditText” is a good choice.

Q: And the data to be entered after these title. SO is it possible to
have my cursor start from right end of the edittext and push
characters to left as and when entered?

It’s customary to pair a TextView (also called a “label” on other, non-Android platforms) next to your EditText. The label is read-only; the EditText field is changeable. Wrap both in a Layout to make sure the “prompt” is adjacent to the “edit”:

EditText Label?