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Massimo Costanzo
Massimo Costanzo

Reputation: 395

TextView does not fit the screen

I have an activity with a TextView. I would like to align it on the bottom of the screen, in the center and I would like that the TextView fits the screen's width.

This is my XML:

<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"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:background="#ffffff"
    tools:context=".ShowCard" >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="#33000000"
        android:textColor="#000000"
        android:text="@string/lorem_ipsum" />

The result is not what I have expected to see. The TextView is not full-screen in the width, but leaves a small free space right and left (like padding/border, but I've not set padding/border!).

Do you know why? Suggestions?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3851

Answers (5)

Massimo Costanzo
Massimo Costanzo

Reputation: 395

Excuse me, I'm a stupid guy! I've not see that in the container XML code were included four padding rows:

android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

I've deleted these rows and now everything is working correctly!

Sorry.

Upvotes: 3

Ali Ahmad
Ali Ahmad

Reputation: 1351

<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"
    android:background="#ffffff"
    tools:context=".ShowCard" >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="#33000000"
        android:textColor="#000000"
        android:text="@string/lorem_ipsum" />

use this

Upvotes: 0

Suresh Sharma
Suresh Sharma

Reputation: 1844

remove 

android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

from the parent relative layout.

Upvotes: 0

Ndupza
Ndupza

Reputation: 780

<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#33000000"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:text="@string/lorem_ipsum" />

Use the 'fill_parent' attribute, it should fill the entire width of the screen.

Upvotes: 0

user2251658
user2251658

Reputation:

try this 

<?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" >    
      <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="#33000000"
        android:textColor="#000000"
        android:text="@string/lorem_ipsum" />

    </RelativeLayout>

Upvotes: 4

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