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>
Related
I'm designing an app that contains many recyclerRows and that rows contain Ticker and price data. The problem is that i can't align all price values neatly and nicely. They are in a mess and it is disgusting. I tried some alignment methods but they did not work.
My XML file:
<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="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/coinTicker"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fontFamily="#font/sen_bold"
android:text="COIN NAME"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:layout_margin="5dp">
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/coinPrice"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="120dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:fontFamily="#font/sen"
android:text="PRICE"
android:textAlignment="textStart"
android:textSize="30sp">
</TextView></LinearLayout>
ScreenShot:
I setted a fix value for coinTicker and made it autoScrollable. As #PejmanAzad
suggested.
Problem fixed this way
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.
I have two EditText views whose height I wish to align. The problem is that I cannot predict which view will have more text and hence using android:layout_alignTop and android:layout_alignBottom will not work. The layout I am experimenting with is below. I have already tried android:layout_alignTop and android:layoutAlignBottom but they do not yield satisfactory results.
Layout 1
<?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">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="200dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:padding="5dip"
android:text="Text 1 bvhg hbjbj kjkbkj kjnjkn hlihj lklkkl"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/text1"
android:padding="5dip"
android:text="Text 2 lasndklsa lkmsclslk klmsldmlk lksdl"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Figure for Layout 1: http://imgur.com/P6KV7.png
Layout 2 with android:layout_alignTop and android:layout_alignBottom
<?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">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="200dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/text2"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/text2"
android:padding="5dip"
android:text="Text 1 bvhg hbjbj kjkbkj kjnjkn hlihj lklkkl"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/text1"
android:padding="5dip"
android:text="Text 2 lasndklsa lkmsclslk klmsldmlk lksdl"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Figure for Layout 2: http://imgur.com/x6fyI.png
But, if I were to change the text on the first EditText then some of the text in that box gets cut-off. See Layout 3 and Figure 3 below:
Layout 3
<?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">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="200dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/text2"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/text2"
android:padding="5dip"
android:text="Text 1 bvhg hbjbj kjkbkj kjnjkn hlihj lklkkl
1 bvhg hbjbj kjkbkj kjnjkn hlihj lklkkl ncksjcksn
lkslksldcsdc
the end"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/text1"
android:padding="5dip"
android:text="Text 2 lasndklsa lkmsclslk klmsldmlk lksdl"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Figure 3 for Layout 3 : (Sorry, cannot post more than two hyperlinks because of rep issues.)
Is there a way to align the heights of EditText views when the amount of text in either view is not known ahead of time?
Well, I have to say, this is the first time I've ever found a TableLayout useful. Note the text LOOKS cut off in the preview (as it's really big), but when you compile and run, you'll see that the text is scrollable. The TableView does all the tricky stuff for you. I think this will work for you.
Just realised that you want the textviews to look the same size also - that's easy - give them a transparent background and make the background of the table have the background.
EDIT - One more thing - due to a framework bug, I had to use this:
android:inputType="none"
android:editable="false"
to get the text both scrollable and non-editable. Also, a good point from #mandel - use "fill_parent" not "match_parent" if programming for android devices of an api level less than 8.
<TableLayout
android:id="#+id/tableLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<TableRow
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/tableRow1"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<EditText
android:inputType="none"
android:editable="false"
android:text="I have two EditText to align. The problem is that I cannot predict which view will have more tetText to align. The problem is that I cannot predict which view will have more text and hencem I have two EditText views whose height I wish to align. The problem is that I cannot predict which view will have more text and hence"
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</EditText>
<EditText
android:inputType="none"
android:editable="false"
android:text="I have two EditText views whose height I wish to alignhave more text and hence "
android:id="#+id/editText2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"></EditText>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
I want the TextView to be always on the top of each EditText, on all of device's screens. First, I've tried to do something with RelativeLayout, but it's not working. Now, I'm trying with TableLayout. I would like your opinion for the best layout for this use!
Here is my code:
<?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"
android:stretchColumns="2"
android:background="#drawable/back" >
<TextView android:id="#+id/mathimatika"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Mathimatika Kateuthinsis"
android:textColor="#09074c"
android:textSize="14px"
android:gravity="center" />
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:layout_column="1"
android:text="Profwrika a"
android:padding="13dip"
android:textColor="#09074c"
android:textSize="10px"/>
<TextView
android:text="Profwrika b"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#09074c"
android:textSize="10px" />
<TextView
android:text="grapta"
android:gravity="right"
android:padding="13dip"
android:textColor="#09074c"
android:textSize="10px" />
</TableRow>
<RelativeLayout>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/input11"
android:layout_width="60px"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:numeric="decimal|signed"
android:layout_below="#id/vathmos1"
android:layout_marginLeft="13dip" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/input21"
android:layout_width="60px"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:numeric="decimal|signed"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/input11"
android:layout_below="#id/vathmos1"
android:layout_marginLeft="25px" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/input31"
android:layout_width="60px"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:numeric="decimal|signed"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/input21"
android:layout_below="#id/vathmos1"
android:layout_marginLeft="25px" />
</RelativeLayout>
</TableLayout>
Well, you can do it with a RelativeLayout, I dont understand why you say you cant do it. But if you want to use it with a TableLayout, then you need to have two TableRow, one with the TextViews and the other with the EditText. Thus, the children of the TableLayout will be the TableRows.
However, I would recommend that you use a RelativeLayout, its cheaper because it doesnt have to calculate stuff and its only one level in the stack.
You can define your three EditText first, then the three TextViews that are above the each EditText, and if you want them to be centered, then you can align both the left and the right side to the EditTexts.
I hope this helps, let me know what you think
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)