title: EditText TextInputLayout Hint text alignment: Is there a way to align hint text like textAlignment property of EditText view
body: <p>I have an inputText field(TextInputLayout's EditText) of fixed height.
  I want to align hint text to top left of the view.</p>
  <p><strong>Problem:</strong> hint text is always displayed at center_verticle but I want to display it at top left corner.</p>
  <pre><code>        &lt;com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
              android:id=&quot;@+id/aboutWrapper&quot;
              android:layout_width=&quot;match_parent&quot;
              android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
              android:hint=&quot;About Sponsor&quot;&gt;
              &lt;EditText
                  android:id=&quot;@+id/et_about_sponsor&quot;
                  android:layout_width=&quot;match_parent&quot;
                  android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
                  android:minHeight=&quot;250dp&quot;
                  android:textAlignment=&quot;viewStart&quot;
                  android:layout_centerHorizontal=&quot;true&quot;
                  android:gravity=&quot;start|top&quot;
                  android:imeOptions=&quot;actionDone&quot;
                  android:inputType=&quot;textMultiLine|textCapSentences&quot;
                  android:textColor=&quot;@color/white&quot;
                  android:textColorHint=&quot;@color/white&quot;
                  android:textSize=&quot;@dimen/font_medium&quot; /&gt; 
           &lt;/com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>