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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" />

layout_alignBottom aligns center instead of bottom

I'm trying to get the bottom of my TextView and EditText to line up (perhaps not to the pixel, but close) inside of a RelativeLayout. But layout_alignBottom seems to line up their center line instead of their bottom:
I tried layout_alignBaseline also, but the result was that the EditText does not display on the screen. I also made various efforts at adjusting padding, but it didn't change anything. This seems like it should be easy and a common issue, but I couldn't find anything Googling. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/firstNameLabel"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="24dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="First Name" />
<EditText
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/firstNameLabel"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/firstNameLabel"
android:id="#+id/firstName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

Try this.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/firstNameLabel"
android:layout_marginRight="24dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="First Name"
android:textSize="20sp"/>
<EditText
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/firstNameLabel"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:id="#+id/firstName"
android:hint="YO BABY"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Hope this helps.

Remove margin top from code and check

What's causing this is the EditText being bigger than the textview. Check your layout that contains both and set the gravity to "center" or "center_vertical".
Edit: If you're using RelativeLayout, you should probably use "layout_centerVertical" or "layout_centerInParent" instead

How to make TextView in Android wrap and adjust text beautifully?

When text is small then I get this:
But when text is big I get this:
Is it possible that text adjust itself by maybe better using spaces or decreasing little size automatically?
This is my TextView xml:
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/seaGreen"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="35sp" />

For that you need to use external library for that, else you can set gravity as center
Library :
https://github.com/grantland/android-autofittextview
For Text Justify
https://github.com/bluejamesbond/TextJustify-Android
https://github.com/programingjd/justified
OR
you can check this answer

this work for me:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/your_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text=""
android:textSize="14sp"/>

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"

Android Textview Italic and wrap_contents

I am using 3 italic textviews with different colors
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="#+id/submittedBy" android:paddingTop="10dip">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/subByImg"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:src="#drawable/submitted_by_arrow"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/submitLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left" android:text="Submitted by" android:textStyle="italic"
android:textSize="12sp" android:textColor="#color/gray" android:paddingLeft="5dip"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/submitName" android:textStyle="italic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="12sp" android:textColor="#color/maroon_dark" android:paddingLeft="10dip"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/submitByDate" android:textStyle="italic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left"
android:textSize="12sp" android:textColor="#color/gray" android:paddingLeft="10dip"/>
</LinearLayout>
I wonder every last character is not displaying properly specially name displayed in the middle is "Dan Buckland" and it it is missing last character looks like "Dan Bucklano"
Also tell me pls how can have textview italic and bold both..
alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/953d573113.jpg

I had the exact same problem. I got around it by simply adding a space to the end of any string that needs to be in italics.
It may not be the most long-term-correct solution but it worked for me.

Seems like the bounding box is not correctly calculated when using italic.
Have you tried to use paddingLeft=6 and paddingRight=6 for the elements?
(less chance of overlap).
For multiple styles in a TextView see Is it possible to have multiple styles inside a TextView?

You can use   with the text in string.xml file.