Multiline EditText shrinking when focused

Question

I have a multi-link postal address EditText widget which is declared as below:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/pat_address_input"
    android:layout_width="250dp"
    android:layout_height="100dp"
    android:background="@null"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:height="100dp"
    android:inputType="textPostalAddress"
    android:lines="5"
    android:textColor="@color/white"
    android:textSize="10pt" >
</EditText>

In my code, I set the focus property to true and focusontouch to true, however when the EditText widget it focused the EditText shrinks to a single line box and the cursor hangs underneath the widget.

How can I stop this?

Answer 1

This was because the widget was inheriting properties from a single-line edittext

Answer 2

Try removing the android:lines="5", this all worked for me with no issues.

I am also confused as to why your text is white when your background of the field is white.