Vertical content align in Android EditText
Try this:android:gravity="top"
<EditText android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@+id/txtMessage" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/lblMessage" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:width="250dip" android:text="hello" android:maxLength="760" android:gravity="top" android:lines="4"/>
so android:gravity="top" sets the text at the "Top" Position.
You can also set different android:gravity attribute value such as center, bottom, center_vertical, left, right, center_horizontal, etc.
Enjoy !!