fixes #2167 still set the TextView.Gravity property baed on the Horizontal Alignment (#2743)

Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android/Cells/EntryCellRenderer.cs

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 		void UpdateHorizontalTextAlignment()
 		{
 			var entryCell = (EntryCell)Cell;
-			_view.EditText.UpdateHorizontalAlignment(entryCell.HorizontalTextAlignment);
+			_view.EditText.UpdateHorizontalAlignment(entryCell.HorizontalTextAlignment, _view.Context.HasRtlSupport());
 		}
 
 		void UpdateIsEnabled()

Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android/ContextExtensions.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using Android.Content;
 using Android.Util;
 using Android.Views.InputMethods;
+using AApplicationInfoFlags = Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfoFlags;
 
 namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 {
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 			return (float)Math.Round(dp * s_displayDensity);
 		}
 
+		public static bool HasRtlSupport(this Context self) =>
+			(self.ApplicationInfo.Flags & AApplicationInfoFlags.SupportsRtl) == AApplicationInfoFlags.SupportsRtl;
+
 		internal static double GetThemeAttributeDp(this Context self, int resource)
 		{
 			using (var value = new TypedValue())

Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android/Extensions/FlowDirectionExtensions.cs

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 				view.LayoutDirection = ALayoutDirection.Ltr;
 		}
 
-		internal static void UpdateHorizontalAlignment(this EditText view, TextAlignment alignment)
+		internal static void UpdateHorizontalAlignment(this EditText view, TextAlignment alignment, bool hasRtlSupport)
 		{
-			if ((int)Build.VERSION.SdkInt < 17)
+			if ((int)Build.VERSION.SdkInt < 17 || !hasRtlSupport)
 				view.Gravity = alignment.ToHorizontalGravityFlags();
 			else
 				view.TextAlignment = alignment.ToTextAlignment();

Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android/Renderers/EntryRenderer.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 		bool TextView.IOnEditorActionListener.OnEditorAction(TextView v, ImeAction actionId, KeyEvent e)
 		{
 			// Fire Completed and dismiss keyboard for hardware / physical keyboards
-			if (actionId == ImeAction.Done || actionId == _currentInputImeFlag || (actionId == ImeAction.ImeNull && e.KeyCode == Keycode.Enter && e.Action == KeyEventActions.Up) )
+			if (actionId == ImeAction.Done || actionId == _currentInputImeFlag || (actionId == ImeAction.ImeNull && e.KeyCode == Keycode.Enter && e.Action == KeyEventActions.Up))
 			{
 				Control.ClearFocus();
 				v.HideKeyboard();
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 			if (e.OldElement == null)
 			{
 				var textView = CreateNativeControl();
-				
+
 				textView.AddTextChangedListener(this);
 				textView.SetOnEditorActionListener(this);
 				textView.OnKeyboardBackPressed += OnKeyboardBackPressed;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 
 		void UpdateAlignment()
 		{
-			Control.UpdateHorizontalAlignment(Element.HorizontalTextAlignment);
+			Control.UpdateHorizontalAlignment(Element.HorizontalTextAlignment, Context.HasRtlSupport());
 		}
 
 		void UpdateColor()
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 		{
 			Control?.ClearFocus();
 		}
-    
+
 		void UpdateMaxLength()
 		{
 			var currentFilters = new List<IInputFilter>(Control?.GetFilters() ?? new IInputFilter[0]);

Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android/Renderers/SearchBarRenderer.cs

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android
 			if (_editText == null)
 				return;
 
-			_editText.UpdateHorizontalAlignment(Element.HorizontalTextAlignment);
+			_editText.UpdateHorizontalAlignment(Element.HorizontalTextAlignment, Context.HasRtlSupport());
 		}
 
 		void UpdateCancelButtonColor()