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    copied!<p>Here are sample pictures of two <code>EditText</code> fields I've added in an Action Bar: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zjPBm.png" alt="This is from the Graphical View"></p> <p>[This is from the Graphical Layout tool in Eclipse] <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PENX2.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>[This is what it looks like in my emulator (2.1 WVGA854)</p> <p>My question is, how can I make the <code>EditText</code> look a bit closer to the Graphical Layout? Or is this a function of the emulation? On my device, which has a custom rom, the <code>EditText</code> is square but looks similar to the Graphical Layout, which is what I want.</p> <p>I've tried setting the textAppearance to <code>"@android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"</code>. This does help in that it changes the size of the text within the EditText to be viewable, but it does not affect the size of the <code>EditText</code> itself.</p> <p>Here's the XML for my EditText:</p> <pre><code>&lt;EditText android:maxLines="1" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:textAppearance="@android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" android:layout_marginTop="5dip" android:layout_marginLeft="5dip" android:layout_marginRight="5dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /&gt; </code></pre> <p>I could post the full XML, but essentially this EditText is enclosed (along with the search icon ImageView) in a RelativeLayout that is within another RelativeLayout.</p> <p>Thanks for any help!</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong> By request, here is the full XML for the top search bar:</p> <pre><code>&lt;RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"&gt; &lt;ImageButton android:id="@+id/IBSearchOverlayMic" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:background="@drawable/aslctr_search_overlay_blackbutton" android:src="@drawable/search_overlay_ic_microphone" /&gt; &lt;ImageView android:id="@+id/IVSearchOverlayDivider1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/IBSearchOverlayMic" android:src="@drawable/search_overlay_division" /&gt; &lt;ImageButton android:id="@+id/IBSearchOverlaySearch" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/IVSearchOverlayDivider1" android:background="@drawable/aslctr_search_overlay_blackbutton" android:src="@drawable/search_overlay_ic_searchwhite" /&gt; &lt;RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/RLSearchOverlaySearch" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignTop="@id/IBSearchOverlaySearch" android:layout_alignBottom="@id/IBSearchOverlaySearch" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/IBSearchOverlaySearch" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:background="@drawable/search_overlay_searchbg"&gt; &lt;EditText android:id="@+id/ETSearchOverlaySearch" android:maxLines="1" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:textAppearance="@android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" android:layout_marginTop="5dip" android:layout_marginLeft="5dip" android:layout_marginRight="5dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /&gt; &lt;ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignRight="@id/ETSearchOverlaySearch" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_marginRight="10dip" android:clickable="false" android:focusable="false" android:src="@drawable/search_actionbar_ic_searchcream" /&gt; &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt; &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt; </code></pre>
 

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