Android: Vertical alignment for multi line EditText (Text area)

Question

I want to have 5 lines for the height of the text area. I am using the following code.

Answer 1

Now a day use of gravity start is best choise:

android:gravity="start"

For EditText (textarea):

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/EditText02"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:lines="5"
    android:gravity="start"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine"
/>