I'm working on a layout that includes both English and Hebrew (intended as right-to-left) text, in separate views. When a line of Hebrew text gets beyond a certain length, it becomes written left-to-right (I assume that this has to do with length because it looks fine with shorter text, and when I display it on a tablet instead of a phone).
The relevant view looks like this:
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:textDirection="rtl"
android:text="#string/tx_middle_text"
android:textSize="#dimen/big_text_dp" />
and the string is defined in strings.xml like this:
<string name="tx_middle_text">טקסט בעברית</string>
(I've replaced the original text, which was 50 characters long, and made up entirely of Hebrew letters and white-spaces).
Note the text has the rtl attribute. I've tried replacing it with anyRtl, and I've tried changing gravity to "right" - neither helps.
I need the text to remain in one line and be cut off with an ellipsis if it doesn't fit - as it is, that's what happens, but with the text written left-to-right.
How can I fix this?
Edit: For an ad-hoc solution I made a shorter string as an alternative resource for the smaller layout (it works as long as the text is less than one line long on a given device), but I'd still like to know if there's a general solution to this.
RTL is detected automatically by the system depending on the characters. i.e for Arabic characters, text will be drawn from right to left.
This is an example on how my spinner is drawn. For this TextView:
<TextView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/spinner_item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:gravity="center_vertical|start"
android:textColor="#color/spinner_filter_text"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:paddingStart="20dp"
android:paddingEnd="20dp"/>
And these strings:
<string name="all_categories">All Categories</string> (values)
(values-ar)
The result is:
If I modify the TextView with:
android:layout_width="100dp"
The result is:
Which I think is fine... Note that in strings.xml the string direction for ar language is wrong but Android is drawing it properly. I guess it is because of some Android Studio setting.
Replace android:singleLine="true" with
android:lines="1"
android:maxLines="1"
also add android:ellipsize="end"
I think an image will explain this far better than words. The screenshot is from the layout viewer thingy in Intellij, but this happens on device as well. I want the cut off text to not be displayed at all. Is this possible?
<TextView
....
android:lines="2"
or:
<TextView
....
android:maxLines="2"
First option sets exact number of lines for your text view, second options sets the maximum number.
Suddenly occurs problem with custom fonts.
When i apply comic font for text views,first letter is cut. I try to implement paddings and margins but unfortunately still first letter is cut.
Images that are presented describe this problem.
I consider this flow as well but no results.
This is xml textview implementation.
<com.alllarm.alllarm.AutoResizeTextView
android:id="#+id/settings_profile"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="#string/my_profile"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="35sp" />
This issue is connected with wrong size of the textview.To solve this problem you need just adjust additional size to the textview item. Additionally this could be connected with wrong text font feature.
I have an app that allows the user to change the text size. On Android 2.X when you made the text smaller the vertical spacing got smaller too. On 4.X the text gets smaller and the spacing remains the same.
The call that I am using to change the size is (there is a loop to change multiple lines):
tvData[i].setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, fSize);
The text fields are described in main.xml as follows (there is more than one and they are each "below" the previous one.
<TextView android:id="#+id/textOut1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:typeface="monospace"
android:textSize="28dip"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_below="#id/textOut0"
/>
What do I have to do so this works in both old and new Android?
The fix was to not put each line of text in a separate TextView. By putting all of the text in one TextView and ending each line in a newline it now adjusts vertical spacing when the font size is changed.
And the change to one has been tested to work on older versions of Android too.
I cannot remember why I used an array of TextViews in the first place, seems like a bad choice looking at it now, but it did work with older versions.
TomZ
Does any one know how to wrap text in TextView in Android platform. i.e if the text in textview exceed the screen length it should be displayed in the second line.
I have searched and tried the following:
android:scrollHorizontally="false",
android:inputType="textMultiLine",
android:singleLine="false"
But none work..
Can anyone suggest how can I do it.
Constraint Layout
<TextView
android:id="#+id/some_textview"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="#id/textview_above"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="#id/button_to_right"/>
Ensure your layout width is zero
left / right constraints are defined
layout height of wrap_content allows expansion up/down.
Set android:maxLines="2" to prevent vertical expansion (2 is just an e.g.)
Ellipses are prob. a good idea with max lines android:ellipsize="end"
0dp width allows left/right constraints to determine how wide your widget is.
Setting left/right constraints sets the actual width of your widget, within which your text will wrap.
Constraint Layout docs
For me this issue only occurred on Android < 4.0
The combination of parameters I used were:
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ellipsize="none"
android:maxLines="100"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
The maxLines count seemed to be the random final piece that made my TextView wrap.
For the case where the TextView is inside a TableLayout, the solution is to set android:shrinkColumns="1" on the TableLayout. (Replace 1 with the column number the TextView you want to wrap is in. (0-indexed))
AFAICT, no other attributes are needed on the TextView.
For other cases, see the other answers here.
FWIW, I had initially gotten it to sort of work with
<TextView
android:id="#+id/inventory_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:width="0dp"
but that resulted in some extra empty space at the bottom of the Dialog it was all in.
Use app:breakStrategy="simple" in AppCompatTextView, it will control over paragraph layout.
It has three constant values
balanced
high_quality
simple
Designing in your TextView xml
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView
android:id="#+id/textquestion"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
android:text="Your Question Display Hear....Your Question Display Hear....Your Question Display Hear....Your Question Display Hear...."
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:breakStrategy="simple" />
If your current minimum api level is 23 or more then in Coding
yourtextview.setBreakStrategy(Layout.BREAK_STRATEGY_SIMPLE);
For more refrence refer this BreakStrategy
You must use 2 parameters :
android:ellipsize="none" : the text is not cut on textview width
android:scrollHorizontally="false" the text wraps on as many lines as necessary
This should fix your problem: android:layout_weight="1".
By setting android:maxEms to a given value together with android:layout_weight="1" will cause the TextView to wrap once it reaches the given length of the ems.
OK guys the truth is somewhere in the middle cause you have to see the issue from the parent's view and child's. The solution below works ONLY when spinner mode = dialog regardless of Android version (no problem there.. tested it in VD and DesireS with Android =>2.2) :
.Set you spinner's(the parent) mode like :
android:spinnerMode="dialog"
Set the textview's(child custom view) properties to :
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ellipsize="none"
android:maxLines="100"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
I hope this works for you also.
In Android Studio 2.2.3 under the inputType property there is a property called textMultiLine. Selecting this option sorted out a similar problem for me. I hope that helps.
Just was working on a TextView inside a layout inside a RecyclerView. I had text getting cut off, ex, for Read this message, I saw: Read this. I tried setting android:maxLines="2" on the TextView, but nothing changed. However, android:lines="2" resulted in Read this on first line and message on the 2nd.
Try #Guykun's approach
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ellipsize="none"
android:maxLines="100"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
Also, make sure that parents width is not set to wrap content. This is the thing that I was missing.
I had the same problem. Following change made it work -
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
The ellipsis, maxLines, or layout_weight - all didn't make any difference.
Note - The parent width is also set as wrap_content.
All you have to do is to set your textview width.
android:layout_width="60dp"
you can change the width to your choice. Just type long sentence to check if it working like this
android:text="i want to be among world class software engineer"
I am using Android 2.2 and my textview will automatically goto the next line if it exceeds the screen.
If you would like to have the text goto the next line before the end of the screen, just add in (just put in your own dp value). This will be useful if you have a picture on the right of the text.
android:layout_marginRight="52dp"
Strange enough - I created my TextView in Code and it wrapped - despite me not setting anything except standard stuff - but see for yourself:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams childParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
childParams.setMargins(5, 5, 5, 5);
Label label = new Label(this);
label.setText("This is a testing label This is a testing label This is a testing label This is a testing labelThis is a testing label This is a testing label");
label.setLayoutParams(childParams);
As you can see from the params definition I am using a LinearLayout. The class Label simply extends TextView - not doing anything there except setting the font size and the font color.
When running it in the emulator (API Level 9) it automatically wraps the text across 3 lines.
Just set layout_with to a definate size, when the text fills the maximum width it will overflow to the next line causing a wrap effect.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/segmentText"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/segmentHeader"
android:text="You have the option to record in one go or segments(if you swap options
you will loose your current recordings)"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
The trick is with the textView width, try to make it dedicated number like:
<TextView
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
I've tried many solutions without any result, I've tried:
android:ellipsize="none"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
the only one thing triggred the wrap option is the dedicated width
You need to add your TextView in a ScrollView with something like this :
<ScrollView android:id="#+id/SCROLL_VIEW"
android:layout_height="150px"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TEXT_VIEW"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="This text view should act as header This text view should act as header This text view should act as header This text view should act as header This text view should act as header This text view should act as header This text view should act as header" />
</ScrollView>