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brian
brian

Reputation: 6922

Limitation of TextView on Android

I want to set TextView max line 2 and show "..." in the line middle.
My layout xml as below: 

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:text="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    android:ellipsize="middle"
    android:maxLines="2"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

But it show as below: 

abcdefgh
ijklmnop

It show 2 lines, but it doesn't show any "..." at middle or end.
How can I modify it?　

Upvotes: 2

Views: 182

Answers (3)

Janmejoy
Janmejoy

Reputation: 2731

Set the android:ellipsize property on the TextView as required (probably to 'end').

Upvotes: 1

GrIsHu
GrIsHu

Reputation: 23638

Try to set android:ellipsize="end".

<TextView
android:id="@+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
android:ellipsize="end" <-----change it to end
android:maxLines="2"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

Upvotes: 1

Egor
Egor

Reputation: 40218

android:ellipsize will work only when there's not enough space to display the whole text of the TextView. In your case, you've set android:layout_width to fill_parent and the text is not long enough, so no ellipsize is being used. Change the android:layout_width to some small amount of dip and you'll see the difference. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

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