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Sheehan Alam
Sheehan Alam

Reputation: 60909

How to abbreviate a TextView?

I have a TextView that is a single line. How can I add ellipses (...) if the text is too long?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3267

Answers (2)

Wroclai
Wroclai

Reputation: 26925

In your XML-file you can use: android:ellipsize="end".

In your .java code you can use: yourTextView.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.valueOf("END"));.

Remember to use it when you want ellipses if the text is reaching its parent's width.

Upvotes: 6

OneWorld
OneWorld

Reputation: 17671

Be aware of some issues by using the function: Android: Something better than android:ellipsize="end" to add "..." to truncated long Strings?

however, its still the most robust way to do it.

Upvotes: 2

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