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Ellipsize doesn't work any more - Android

I have a TextView and I used to display correctly the three dots at the end of the text. Today I imported a library and changed TextView to a custom TextView. When I cleared all the changes and returned to my initial TextView code, for some reason the ellipsize doesn't work anymore.
I tried cleaning the project and rebuild but the problem remains. What am I doing wrong?
<TextView
android:id="#+id/customtextview_description"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|left"
android:maxLines="3"
android:padding="15dp"
android:textSize="15dp" />
When I use singleLine="true", only then I get the 3 dots at the end, but I need to have 3 lines.

Try this
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/tile_height"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/tile_margin">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/my_text"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="3"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/title_bottom_padding"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

I found the problem. When I use
customtextview_description.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
the functionality of the elipsize stops.

elipsize is work when you have text that is longer then your TextView's width.
your code is right but if you use maxLines 3
try Following which work.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/customtextview_description"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:text="AAAAAAAAAAA\n aaaaaaa\n SSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|left"
android:maxLines="3"
android:padding="15dp"
android:textSize="15dp" />

TextView and EditText overflow

I've got a need to display and TextView (label), EditText(Input) and TextView(suffix) in a line.
The issue I have is - if the label TextView is too long it The EditText and Suffix TextView and not drawn.
Here's my code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_weight="0"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Label"
android:id="#+id/label_text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<EditText
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/input_edit_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColorHint="#color/dark_grey"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:hint="text.." />
<TextView
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:text="Suffix.."
android:background="#color/lite_grey"
android:id="#+id/suffix_text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
So what I want is - even if the label is over 2-3 lines, for an EditText to appear followed by another TextView.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Edit:
I've added some 'diagrams' so you can understand what I want to do a bit better.
The label to the EditText can be arbitrary length(2/3 lines), so whenever the label finishes I want an EditText to start (which is followed by another TextView showing a suffix..)
..
![This shows a 2 line label and TextView..]
Edit 2: Thanks for the responses guys!! I think #questioner has really understood what I want to do i.e. I want your 3 views to move to other lines so that they behave like they were one view - and as he has suggested i'll have to find a library for this!

How about this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Label"
android:id="#+id/label_text_view"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<EditText
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/input_edit_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textColorHint="#color/dark_grey"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:hint="text.."/>
<TextView
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Suffix.."
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#color/lite_grey"
android:id="#+id/suffix_text_view"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
If you want your 3 views to move to other lines so that they behave like they were one view - you should use external library for that.

Why not use a RelativeLayout instead of LinearLayout and then use android:layout_below="#+id/..." or android:layout_above="#+id/..." also android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/..." or android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/..."

Set
android:layout_weight="1"
for each view so that they all occupy the same amount of horizontal space.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="1">
Try this or please expand a little more.

Android: Need Ellipsis for Multiple TextViews in Relative Layout

I am new to Android, i have below task.
I want to align three TextViews adjacent to each other with ellipsis if the text is too long . Currently i am using below code which aligns my TextView adjacent to each other, but my problem is if the text is too long, the below code not putting the ellipsis. i got some trick to use both toleftof and torightof from here, but in my case it going to circular dependency as mentioned here.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/reminderText">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/noteTagOne"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/noteTagTwo"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/noteTagOne"
android:layout_marginLeft="5sp"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/noteTagThree"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/noteTagTwo"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="5sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
I want output as,
Tag1... Tag2... Tag3...
Basically, i want some ideas, whether in xml i can achieve this or need to do it programmatically, since TextView text's are dynamic i cannot fix maxLength, sometimes only single tag may exist, at that time it should take full text.
Note: I am developing Android project using C# in Xamarin.
Added code is for the above highlighted part. I fixed overlapping of tagsicon & text. Now only two issues.
1) Last tag is overlapping with right aligned image.
2) If TextView texts are short, gap is shown in-between the tags
How to fix it?

try this solution
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/noteTagOne"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxWidth="100dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Tag111111111111111111"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/noteTagTwo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5sp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/noteTagOne"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxWidth="100dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Tag2222222222222222"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/noteTagThree"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5sp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/noteTagTwo"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxWidth="100dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Tag3333333333333333"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

Use this android:ellipsize="marquee" it will work

android:ellipsize="marquee"
or
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:singleLine="true"

Indent bullet list in TextView

I have a TextView which I fill with text from a string resources in strings.xml. The string resource contains < li > elements to create a bullet list inside the TextView. My problem is that I want to control the indention of lines in the bullet list that span over more than one line. Default the text isn't indented past the bullet so it looks kind of ugly. Is it possible to do this with style parameters or to create bullets in some other way?
Thanks in advance.
edit:
Is it really answered? I don't have any problems producing the bullet list, as described in those links but I'm having problems getting the layout correct. The indentation is like this:
text that go beyond the width
of the line.
And I want the "of the line" to at least start indented as far as the text after the bullet. That's what I try to achieve.

I'm suprised that there seems to be noone with this problem. I mean, bullet list can't be that uncommon in about-dialogs, FAQ etc and a bullet doesn't have to contain too much text to span more than one row and run into this problem.
Anyway, I got to solve it like this for now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/ScrollViewTipsLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/TipsLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/TableLayout01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
>
<TableRow>
<TextView android:id="#+id/tvIngress"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="#+string/tv_picking_content_ingress"
android:layout_span="2"
android:singleLine="false"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView android:id="#+id/tvCleaningDot1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="•"
android:singleLine="false"
/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/tvCleaningFirst"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#+string/tv_picking_content_first"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="left"
android:singleLine="false"
/>
</TableRow>
<TextView android:id="#+id/tvCleaningDot2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="•"
android:singleLine="false"
/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/tvCleaningSecond"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#+string/tv_picking_content_second"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="left"
android:singleLine="false"
/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I use it to present static text in a bullet list so I don't bother to create the bullet + text dynamically in code. If anyone have any suggestion how to accomplish the same thing in a better way, please enlight me.
Btw, if going with the solution suggested in second link above:
android:text="<ol><li>item 1\n</li><li>item 2\n</li></ol>
The second, third etc. row in a bullet that span over more than one row won't get same indention as first line, which is quite ugly.

Thank you #Bjorn
You can also do something like bellow.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/point"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Your Text Here"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</LinearLayout>

The way I solved this problem was by using a RelativeLayout and marginLeft. The marginLeft will put a blank margin between it and the previous item.
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scrollbarTrackVertical="#drawable/scrollbar_vertical_track"
android:scrollbarThumbVertical="#drawable/scrollbar_vertical_thumb"
android:scrollbarSize="12dip">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10sp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/body_text3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:lineSpacingExtra="3sp"
android:text="Main paragraph of text, before the bulleted list"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/type1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:lineSpacingExtra="3sp"
android:text="• First bullet"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:layout_below="#+id/body_text3"
android:layout_marginLeft="25dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/type2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:lineSpacingExtra="3sp"
android:text="• Second bullet"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:layout_below="#+id/type1"
android:layout_marginLeft="25dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>

Just trying to point out the key answer of the question:
to create an bullet list, use TableLayout with two columns for each row. One column for TextView of a bullet and the other one for the text
to make text TextView fill the rest empty TableRow and indented at new line, set the weight to 1. You can set the bullet weight to zero or just simply not set the bullet weight and let it empty
based on my experience, changing width parameter do not affect the text and the bullet. So you can leave it empty or set it to anything you want.
Example:
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/bullet"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/bullet"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView01"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="this is the text of a bullet list"/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>

How to create column-like layout for ListView rows?

I have a relative layout which looks like this:
Here is the code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/nameText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dip"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="Symbol"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/priceText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dip"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/nameText"
android:gravity="right"
android:text="100"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/changeText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dip"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/priceText"
android:gravity="right"
android:text="1.3"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
How can I get the company name to line up next to the number 1.3?

Following up on Mayra's answer, here's one way to do it using layout_weight:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/left_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
android:padding="5dip"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:text="Code"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/middle_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right|center_vertical"
android:padding="5dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Name of Company"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/right_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dip"
android:gravity="right|center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:text="1.3"
/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>

It's not clear exactly what you want to have happen, but here are a few options:
If you want columns to be aligned across rows, you might consider using a TableLayout.
You can also use the "weight" atribute to affect what percentage of the screen each TextView takes up. If you assign a value of 1 on the left-most text view, and 0 on the other 2, this will cause the left text view to take up all the extra space, and thus push the middle text view to the right. This will probably cause the middle text view to look right aligned though. You could instead give the left one 20%, the middle one 50% and the right one 30% by assign 2, 5 and 3.
You could also just set an explicit size for the text views (in dpi), but this might be problamatic with different sized screens.

I agree with Mayra! Use the TableView, you'll get the formatting your looking for as well as keep almost all functionality of a ListView (scolling, and list oriented functionality)