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Wrapping text on a TextView that's constrained both on the left and on the right in a ConstraintLayout

In a ConstraintLayout, I have 2 TextView's side-by-side, and I want the right one to wrap text when it becomes too long so that it stays on the right of the left TextView, and doesn't overflow the container. Here is the code I have now:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10sp">
...
<TextView
android:id="#+id/buildingTypeLabel"
style="#style/FormLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="5sp"
android:paddingBottom="5sp"
android:text="#string/reference_view_building_type"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/dateLabel"
tools:text="Type de bâtiment" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/buildingType"
style="#style/FormValue"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ellipsize="none"
android:maxLines="100"
android:scrollHorizontally="false"
app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="#id/buildingTypeLabel"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/buildingTypeLabel"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/date"
tools:text="Bâtiments gouvernementaux" />
...
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
But instead of putting text text on 2 lines in the right TextView, it overflows on the right:
Note that I have tried to add app:layout_constrainedWidth="true" to the right TextView, but it doesn't change anything.
How can I strictly enforce the right and left contraints of that TextView and have it wrap text to have a smaller width when needed?

Try to change to layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf instead layout_constraintRight_toRightOf :)

Use ellipsize= "end" for the textview on the right that is extending text outside of the device screen.

Use Guidelines
Guidelines are part of the constraint layout api.
Documentation are here ->
https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/constraintlayout/widget/Guideline
This is how you can define your guideline in xml.
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline_start"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintGuide_begin="?dialogPreferredPadding" />
Guidlines can act as a differentiating factor between the two text views that you want to segregate .
Refer to this stackoverflow answer for much better understanding
What is difference between Barrier and Guideline in Constraint Layout?
The above link will also introduce you to barriers which is also part of constraint layout api which can also help you solve the above issue.

Below you can find the solution:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10sp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/buildingTypeLabel"
style="#style/FormLabel"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="5sp"
android:paddingBottom="5sp"
android:text="#string/reference_view_building_type"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/buildingType"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/dateLabel"
tools:text="Type de bâtiment" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/buildingType"
style="#style/FormValue"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
android:maxLines="100"
app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="#id/buildingTypeLabel"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/buildingTypeLabel"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/date"
tools:text="Bâtiments gouvernementaux\n\nlef,le,flelf,le,fle," />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

TextView going out of screen with constraintLayout

I am using ConstraintLayout to create below xml in my application.
As you can see my first item is fine, But in the second one, some parts of my textView are not on the screen!
This is my XML code:
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/ly_user"
android:padding="8dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
android:id="#+id/im_user_icon"
android:layout_width="#dimen/default_message_icon_size"
android:layout_height="#dimen/default_message_icon_size"
android:src="#drawable/user_pacific"/>
<ImageView
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/im_user_icon"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="#+id/im_user_icon"
android:id="#+id/im_user_arrow"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/arrow_bg1"/>
<View
android:id="#+id/view_user_guidLine"
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="#id/im_user_arrow"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="#id/im_user_arrow"/>
<TextView
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/im_user_icon"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="#+id/view_user_guidLine"
android:id="#+id/tv_user_message"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:padding="8dp"
android:minWidth="#dimen/default_message_textarea_width"
android:minHeight="#dimen/default_message_textarea_height"
android:background="#drawable/bg_right_text"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
I Know I can fix this problem to adding below line to the textView, But I need my textView be wrapContent.
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"

You can set your TextView's width to wrap_content, but to prevent it from expanding outside of screen you need to add the left constraint as well and use app:layout_constrainedWidth="true" to enforce constraints.
Now, to make the TextView stick to the right, you need to add app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1", which will align it to its right constraint.
So all in all, these are the changes needed for the TextView:
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constrainedWidth="true"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"

Add these following line in your code in your TextView
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent="0.6"
first line layout_constraintWidth_percent is 60 percent of your phone screen width you can change it according to your need.

Accepted answered works but on my side I use android:layout_width="0dp" because my TextView is in the middle of two elements.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/my_id_text_view"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/long_text"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/second_vertical_divider_view"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/first_vertical_divider_view"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

Accepted answer didn't helped in my case. Alternative solution can look like that:
<ConstraintLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="2"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/option_info"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_weight="1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintWidth_max="wrap" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/option_info"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_info"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/title"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/title"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/title" />
</ConstraintLayout>
The idea is to prevent one view pushing another while expanding by creating a chain and add some constraint params to hold influenced view in view's border.
Hope it still will help somebody!

Centering textview with right aligned button

I have an arbitrary length textview+icon (icon+text) that needs centering on the screen. On the same row, there is a button aligned to the right side of the screen. (X)
| icon+text | X |
Using a LinearLayout I can center it with the view, but the button on the right shifts it left.
With a relative layout, I can achieve what I want but if the text is too long the button overlaps the text.
What's the right way to do this? I haven't used constraintLayout before, would that solve it?

I suggest you to use a constraint layout,
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 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"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
tools:context=".YourActivity">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/my_text_view"
android:text="My Long Text That must not overlap the button"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="spread_inside"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/my_btn"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/my_btn"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/my_btn"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/my_btn"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:text="My Nice Button "
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/my_text_view"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Example Output:

You can set it like this,
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.2"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:text="Click" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.8"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>

just use a Relative Layout.
Center your Textview
and put toRightOf=txtViewsName on the button.
//UPDATED Forcing Widths in DP to ensure text is always centered and never overlaps button.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:maxWidth="230dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:text="My text to show test abcdefghyijkldkf here" />
<Button
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Button" />
</RelativeLayout>
You will need to adjust the button width and textview maxwidth to match your design, and confirm on preview all resolutions, but dp should cover you pretty well in this case.
NOTE*
This simply answers your issue, but does not do any funny behavior, i.e. if text grows too much ignore center command and start moving to the left, this does not do that. If that is your desire, please update your question.
//Centering Text in left view and using weight to ensure text area takes proper percentage of the space (based on your comments, not the layout you are looking for, but I'll leave it in case it helps someone else).
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="10">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="7"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="My text to show here" />
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:text="Button" />
</LinearLayout>

for best practice i think ConstraintLayout is the best solution for designing and yes of course it helps you for what are you looking for.
for more info check this Build a Responsive UI with ConstraintLayout and this
ConstraintLayout.

Since your ImageButton on right has a fixed width (let's say 40dp for the purpose of this example) you can achieve the desired result by adding a margin of the same width at the end of your TextView to ensure that they're not overlapping. To keep the TextView centered on the screen you have to add the same margin at the start as well:
<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="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview"
android:text="TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="40dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="40dp"
app:layout_constrainedWidth="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
app:layout_constrainedWidth="true"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/textview"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
If you want to center the text within the TextView use android:gravity="center":
If the ImageButton's width was wrap_content then this approach wouldn't work, because there is no way to constraint the end of the TextView both to the end of the parent (so it's centered on the screen) and to the start of the ImageButton (so they don't overlap if the text gets long) at the same time.

In the end I ended up using RelativeLayout per Sam's suggestion with maxWidth and margin set on the TextView.

Constraint Layout not working, maybe a bug in design editor?

I am creating my first app with android studio and this is my first problem:
I want to try the ConstraintLayout. I have built the layout with a ConstraintLayout with the Design Editor (clicking it together). When i try the layout in Android Emulator, all Buttons have moved in the left upper corner :(
Except the "Hello World" Label which was generated automatically when i created my first project.
The difference between the Label and the Button is, that some code lines beginning with app:layout_constraint.... are missing. You can see it in Code.
What am I doing wrong, or is it a bug?
I would be glad for an answer! :)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.u0017007.coffeecounter.MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="136dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:text="Hello World!"
android:textSize="24sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.234" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonAddCoffee"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:freezesText="false"
android:text="#string/add_coffee"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="231dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonRemoveCoffee"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/remove_coffee"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="236dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="231dp" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

tools:layout_editor_absoluteX and tools:layout_editor_absoluteY are only used for preview, like all tools:XXXX.
You need to add constraints to your view. You can add in the XML or you can do it with the visual editor.
There is a very good website that explain all about ConstraintsLayout.
By the way, Android Studio warm you with a error This view is not constrained, it only has designtime positions, so it will jump to (0,0) unless you add constraints if you don't set constraints.

It seems from the above code that, you didn't added any constraints to buttons thats why they moved to left upper corner.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="136dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:text="Hello World!"
android:textSize="24sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.234" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonAddCoffee"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:freezesText="false"
android:text="ADD coffee"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
android:layout_marginTop="276dp"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="#+id/buttonRemoveCoffee"
android:layout_marginRight="82dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="24dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonRemoveCoffee"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="remove coffee"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
android:layout_marginTop="276dp"
android:layout_marginRight="24dp"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Please refer to bellow link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z53Ed0ddxgM

tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="236dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="231dp"
These are used by studio to render in Graphic editor only. During run time,
as constraints are not set, the views take default position(0,0).
Try setting some constraints on buttons and procedd

ConstraintLayout View.GONE usage

I recently started using ConstraintLayout. As I discovered, most of the features are pretty straight forward, and well explained in the docs with samples, text and video tutorials and all.
The thing that got in my mind is how to I solve this 'puzzle' as elegant as possible?
As you can see, in the right section of the layout, I have multiple Views aligned left. On the last but one row, there are 3 Views aligned horizontally (they are also aligned TOP between each other).
Problem is: if I set first View's visibility from that row as GONE, the other two (in the same row), go left as expected, but the one underneath (last row in the vertical alignment) goes over the row before (because its constraintTop property is set as bottom of the View set as GONE).
The only solution I can think of is using a ViewGroup to group those 3 Views and add the constraint to last row View to it.
Am I missing some property on ConstraintLayout which could help my case? Maybe some sort of fallback (or multiple) constraints if one of them is set on a GONE View?
Sorry if my explanation seem quite abstruse, maybe the pictures will help you more :)
LE: Added layout: https://gist.github.com/DoruAdryan/7e7920a783f07b865489b1af0d933570

You can use the new Barriers feature of ConstraintLayout.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_item_small_product_image"
android:layout_width="113dp"
android:layout_height="113dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="7dp"
android:layout_marginStart="7dp"
android:background="#android:drawable/btn_radio"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_row_1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:background="#android:drawable/bottom_bar"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/iv_item_small_product_image"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<ro.emag.android.views.FontTextView
android:id="#+id/tv_row_2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="2"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/iv_item_small_product_image"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/iv_row_1"
app:layout_goneMarginTop="0dp"
tools:text="Some text long enough to be split on multiple lines on some devices." />
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatRatingBar
android:id="#+id/rb_row_3_1"
style="#style/Widget.AppCompat.RatingBar.Small"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
android:isIndicator="true"
android:numStars="5"
android:stepSize="0.1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/iv_item_small_product_image"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tv_row_2" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_row_3_2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="6dp"
android:layout_marginStart="6dp"
android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/rb_row_3_1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tv_row_2"
tools:text="106" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_row_3_3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="6dp"
android:layout_marginStart="6dp"
android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/tv_row_3_2"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tv_row_2"
app:layout_goneMarginLeft="0dp"
app:layout_goneMarginStart="0dp"
tools:text="Options available" />
<android.support.constraint.Barrier
android:id="#+id/barrier"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:barrierDirection="bottom"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="rb_row_3_1, tv_row_3_2, tv_row_3_3" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_row_4"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/iv_item_small_product_image"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/barrier"
tools:text="Some text on last row" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Now, the last row is depending on the barrier instead of one of the views of the third row. As the barrier is depending on the three views of the second row, you won't have the gone margin problem.
Plus, i noticed that you don't need the guideline. The right segment can depend on the imageview directly.
In case you are not familiar with Barriers, here's a link to help you out.
As this feature is available only in the 1.1.0 beta1 release of ConstraintLayout, don't forget to add this line to your build.gradle file.
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0-beta1'
make sure to include maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }