How to override RTL support on a layout in Android

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layoutDirection="ltr">

for letf to right all layout content.

To complete the answers, aside from XML, layout direction can also be changed programmatically with ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(view, LayoutDirection.RTL). This API can be used from API 19 and onwards, so If your min sdk version supports API below 19, an if-check needs to be performed:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
            ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(...)

Generally gravity="left" is enough to force text to be left-to-right. But it didn't help with the direction of a linear layout. The solution was to add android:layoutDirection="ltr".