android - EditText stretches my text -

this how edit text looks. stretches text , adds unwanted space between words

this text in strings.xml:

<string name="type_msg">type message...</string> 

and layout xml code:

<edittext             android:id="@+id/chat_message"             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:layout_centerhorizontal="true"             android:layout_centervertical="true"             android:clickable="false"             android:scrollbarstyle="outsideoverlay"                                android:background="@drawable/chat_text_box_corners"             android:maxlines="4"                  android:minlines="1"                android:scrollbars="vertical"                                                android:hint="@string/type_msg"                            android:paddingtop="7dp"             android:paddingbottom="7dp"             android:paddingleft="10dp"              android:paddingright="10dp"              android:layout_margintop="15dp"             android:layout_marginbottom="15dp"             android:layout_marginright="7dp"             android:layout_marginleft="7dp"             android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancesmall"             android:textcolor="@color/gray_text"             android:layout_toleftof="@id/send_message"             android:layout_torightof="@id/call_btn"                           /> 

it acts same when type:

there settext attribute in android used horizontal scaling oftext..accordingly adjust text.

check link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/textview.html#attr_android:textscalex