Android omnibox: Force paragraph direction to LTR.

chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/omnibox/UrlBar.java

Index: chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/omnibox/UrlBar.java
diff --git a/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/omnibox/UrlBar.java b/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/omnibox/UrlBar.java
index 596d18a48075b6aa0170168e46c1e502f938b914..919809bcb22e566088a99d73773d285efa200e8d 100644
--- a/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/omnibox/UrlBar.java
+++ b/chrome/android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/omnibox/UrlBar.java
@@ -437,6 +437,19 @@ public class UrlBar extends VerticallyFixedEditText {
         }
 
         if (focused) StartupMetrics.getInstance().recordFocusedOmnibox();
+
+        // When unfocused, force left-to-right rendering at the paragraph level (which is desired
+        // for URLs). Right-to-left runs are still rendered RTL, but will not flip the whole URL
+        // around. This is consistent with OmniboxViewViews on desktop. When focused, render text
+        // normally (to allow users to make non-URL searches and to avoid showing Android's split
+        // insertion point when an RTL user enters RTL text).
+        if (focused) {
+            ApiCompatibilityUtils.setTextDirection(this, TEXT_DIRECTION_INHERIT);
+        } else {
+            ApiCompatibilityUtils.setTextDirection(this, TEXT_DIRECTION_LTR);
+        }
+        // Always align to the same as the paragraph direction (LTR = left, RTL = right).
+        ApiCompatibilityUtils.setTextAlignment(this, TEXT_ALIGNMENT_TEXT_START);
     }
 
     /**