There is editText, we only enter numbers into it (phone number)

Activity_main.xml

<EditText android:gravity="center" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:inputType="phone" android:ems="8" android:id="@+id/editTextPhone" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_marginTop="146dp" android:phoneNumber="true" android:hint="996XXX-XX-XX-XX" android:maxLength="12" />

Main.Java

 editTextPhone = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextPhone); this.editTextPhone.setText("996");

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    try this

      editTextPhone.setSelection(3);