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Android TextView Text wont wrap on Listview

hello i am trying to wrap a textview that has a long text. but when i test it, it just goes beyond the screen. What im trying to do is it will go to the next line if the text is long and it automatically adjust the layout. I am using this in a listview.
i am referring to this old question Android TextView Text not getting wrapped, it works on him so i tried to implement it but it wont effect on mine. thanks for answering.
here's my XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:background="#e6e6e6"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="4dip"
android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_reviewer_name"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
android:text="Reviewer Name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:id="#+id/tv_review_details"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Review"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:width="0dip"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
UPDATE
here's my listview:
<ListView
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="2.0sp"
android:id="#+id/lv_reviews"
android:background="#f2f2f2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

You can use the inputType to auto manage a multiline text.
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:id="#+id/tv_review_details"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Review"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:width="0dip"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
/>

if i use listView or recyclerView, i well put the layout width match parent as mentioned below:
<LinearLayout
<!--change to match_parent-->
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="4dip"
android:layout_weight="1">
try it once, hope this will help you.

problem solved. it turns out android studio didnt update my changes when i ran my app. i uninstalled the app and then run it again and it works perfectly.

When you are using Gravity in vertical orientation, you have to use layout_height=0dp & when you are using Gravity in Horizontal orientation then you have to use layout_width=0dp for every child of Linear Layout so that it can resize the layout by itself
<LinearLayout
android:background="#e6e6e6"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="4dip"
android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_reviewer_name"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
android:text="Reviewer Name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:id="#+id/tv_review_details"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Review"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Swiperefreshlayout with fragment not scrolling up

I have a layout with some preferences. It works correctly in portrait, but not in landscape. I want this layout to refresh with a swiperefreshlayout, and does work. But as i i say in the title, it doesnt scroll up.
Ive been playing with a normal LinearLayout, with a RelativeLayout, using the swiperefreshlayout as the root view, playing with weights, ... but nothing. It either doesnt scroll up, or doesnt show the preferences correctly (only the 1st title). Dont know what else to try.
I should also say, i want this screen to keep a linearlayout at the bottom, fixed there. So, only the preferences would scroll.
Heres what i have right now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
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" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/edittexts"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:elevation="8dp"
android:background="#color/primary"
android:visibility="gone"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<Button
android:id="#+id/setwallpaperbutton"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:onClick="onActivarClick"
android:text="#string/setwallpaperbuton"
android:visibility="gone"
android:clickable="true"
android:enabled="true"/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edittextlocation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="2"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edittextupdate"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:inputType="text"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/swipelayout"
android:isScrollContainer="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="#+id/edittexts">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true">
<fragment
android:name="es.jnsoft.nowweather.PreferencesFragment"
android:id="#+id/preferencesfragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:layout="#xml/settings"/>
</ScrollView>
</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Thanks in advance.

According to the documentation,
[SwipeRefreshLayout] should be made the parent of the view that will be
refreshed as a result of the gesture and can only support one direct
child.
This clause is violated in your layout.

Adapting component when virtual keyboard appears

I'm designing a simple login activity. I've used the following xml layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:layout_margin="15dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My application title"
android:textSize="30sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_margin="15dp">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Username"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:text="Login"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And I've obtained this result:
But If the focus is on the first EditText I obtain this:
and If the focus is on the second EdiText the result is the follwoing:
Considering I've used the following line in the Manifest, for my activity:
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|adjustResize"
I want that when the virtual keyboard appears, the two edittext, the button and the textview are visible and correctly centered in the available screen.
What I have to change in my code?
NOTE: I've the same result If I remove the line in the manifest:
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|adjustResize"

You can replace the parent LinearLayout to a ScrollView :
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout ...>
....
....
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
try this, it works for some of my apk !
Edit : sorry didn't see about center the text automaticaly, so with this you can adjust manually your editext to center with swipe your finger.. hope that will help

Button at bottom disappears

There is a very high possibility that a question similar to this has been asked earlier, but I couldn't figure out the related keywords to find the same.
I am making an application, and the layout I designed is:
<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="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".Scheduler" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/addressee"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/addresseeHint"
android:inputType="number" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="2" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/date"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:hint="#string/scheduleDate"
android:inputType="date" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/time"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:hint="#string/scheduleTime"
android:inputType="time" />
</LinearLayout>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/smsText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="top"
android:hint="#string/smsTextHint"
android:inputType="text" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/scheduleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="onClick"
android:text="#string/scheduleTextButton" />
</LinearLayout>
The layout which appears is as below:
What I want will look something like this:
The problem is the Button at the bottom (id:scheduleText) disappears, reason being the layout_height parameter of the EditText set just above it is fill_parent. But I guess I can't provide any particular value to it as then the layout will look different on different devices ?
How can I fix this bug ?
Thanks

Hi your EditText has a height of fill parent which makes it fill the parent and the button won't be visible so make it like this:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/smsText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="top"
android:hint="#string/smsTextHint"
android:inputType="text" />
UPDATE:
I updated the answer to extend the edit text and fill the screen but let space for the button as well. The trick is to use weight..

Button in relative layout not affected by setting layout margins

A custom Dialog box with a RelativeLayout contains a Button widget that won't change its margins, regardless of direction. Here's the xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:background="#99000000">
<TextView android:id="#+id/dialogtitle" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Some text" />
<TextView android:id="#+id/dialogtext" android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_below="#id/dialogtitle"
android:paddingLeft="8dp" />
<Button android:id="#+id/dialogbuttoninfo" android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Doesn't care about margins"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_marginLeft="128dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
Padding works but only moves the text inside the button. Any suggestions?

This seems crappy but have you tried putting it all in a LinearLayout instead? or perhaps removing android:orientation="horizontal". I dont think RelativeLayout cares about orientation from what I've seen. Also I think, but might be wrong, that if you do a LinearLayout then you won't need to have android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" in there either.
After cleaning it up a bit (sorry but its so hard to read when its compressed as it was in the question) you also didn't state where the last TextView , dialogbuttoninfo was supposed to be relative to everything else, I think you have to do that for Relative layouts to behave properly, I've had some squirrely things happen.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#99000000">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialogtitle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialogtext"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:paddingLeft="8dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/dialogbuttoninfo"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Doesn't care about margins"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="128dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

You may need to align the left of the button against something before the margin has real meaning.