I have a large editText that no matter what I try, won't center. I have tried putting it in a horizontal and vertical linear layout and then setting that gravity to center because setting the imageText's gravity to center, it still hugs the left of my activity.

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="250dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:lines="8"
        android:maxLines="8"
        android:minLines="8" >

    </EditText>

And here is what it is doing: