Is there any way to set position of cursor in EditText from left to right 2dp

Question

is there any way to set position of cursor in EditText from left to right depend on px.

I use this code

EditText etEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_email);
etEmail.setText("Email");
etEmail.setSelection(2);

it work but the Email text not remove. so I change etEmail.setText("Email") to etEmail.setHnt("Email")

like this

EditText etEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_email);
etEmail.setHint("Email");
etEmail.setSelection(2);

but it Error.

Is there any way to set position of cursor in EditText?

this is the first load

this is want I want

<EditText
            android:id="@+id/et_email"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/fillbox"
            android:hint="Email"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textEmailAddress" />

Answer 1

You can set paddingLeft attribute in XML

  <EditText 
    android:layout_width="90dp"
    android:layout_height="70dp"
    android:text="BBBBB"
    android:hint="AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
    android:paddingLeft="30dp"/>

Or set from code

EditText edt = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edt);

        edt.setPadding(2, 0, 0, 0); //int left, int top, int right, int bottom

Checked on real device