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Bins Ich
Bins Ich

Reputation: 1842

TextView Ellipsize (...) not working

I want to have a single lined TextView to show up 3 dots at the end when the text is longer than the TextView. I don't know why - but I don't get it.

I already wrapped my head around similar StackOverflow questions, but I ended up with no solution. Maybe someone has some useful hints.

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView 
        android:textStyle="bold" 
        android:text="Full Name" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:id="@+id/lName"
        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" 
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:ellipsize="end"/>
</LinearLayout>

The LinearLayout above is nested into 2 other LinearLayouts. Maybe this is important to know. I already tried the attribute "singleLine" too, but some say this is deprecated and it doesnt work anyway.

Upvotes: 36

Views: 59561

Answers (8)

Vishv Shroff
Vishv Shroff

Reputation: 71

Okay this way worked for me.

I am using the constraint layout and forgot to add the constraint at the end after adding the constraints I can able to see the ellipsis at the end of the textview

<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
        android:id="@+id/txtName"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/_10sdp"
        android:text="asdasdnadnlaskldaklskdlasnkldsnkla"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        style="@style/TextStyle"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        />

Upvotes: 0

protaiyabali
protaiyabali

Reputation: 1

Use this code it will definitely work.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/sAddress"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:maxLines="1"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:text="Adress"
    android:textSize="14sp"/>

Upvotes: 0

Zain
Zain

Reputation: 40898

This doesn't work with me unless adding 'android:ems' attribute along with the android:ellipsize attribute

android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:ems="8"

Upvotes: 5

Adrian Clements
Adrian Clements

Reputation: 39

The ellipses did not appear while my text was selectable. I needed to disable selectable text (which is the default):

android:layout_width="0dp" (match constraint)
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textIsSelectable="false"

Upvotes: 3

Khan
Khan

Reputation: 7605

Add this in your xml for the TextView: 

        android:maxWidth="200dp" 
        android:maxLines="1"

As 

        android:singleLine="true"

is deprecated.

Upvotes: 24

Stefano Ortisi
Stefano Ortisi

Reputation: 5336

Add the following styles in your styles file (typically styles.xml):

<style name="autoscroll">
    <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
    <item name="android:ellipsize">marquee</item>
    <item name="android:marqueeRepeatLimit">marquee_forever</item>
    <item name="android:focusable">true</item>
    <item name="android:focusableInTouchMode">true</item>
    <item name="android:scrollHorizontally">true</item>
</style>

Then add the style @style/autoscroll to your TextView:

<TextView android:id="@+id/lName"
      style="@style/autoscroll" />

You can reuse your autoscroll feature easily when you want this way.

Upvotes: 56

Mick&#228;el A.
Mick&#228;el A.

Reputation: 9397

It works with singleLine="true" but this attribute is now deprecated, use ellipsize and scrollHorizontally="true" instead.

Upvotes: 1

LuminiousAndroid
LuminiousAndroid

Reputation: 1577

android:id="@+id/lName" android:layout_width="150dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:text="Avinljhakjhsajkhakjshda"
    android:textSize="16sp"

Upvotes: 9

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