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Paresh Mayani
Paresh Mayani

Reputation: 128428

Android - Problem of WrapText in Edittext

I am facing trouble to set WrapText kind of facility in EditText.

Problem: When i try tp enter data in EditText, it goes beyond the screen width (scrolling horizontally). Instead of it should be appear in next-line.

Want to perform: Actually, i want to implement multiline edittext, initially it should display with single-line as usual, but it will be expanded vertically(not horizontally) as when data is being entered.

Please suggest me what should i do ??

Please have a look at below image:

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I have done the below XML coding:

<TableLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:paddingTop="10dp"
    android:paddingLeft="10dp"
    android:paddingRight="10dp"
    android:stretchColumns="1">

    <TableRow android:id="@+id/TableRow02" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <TextView 
            android:text="Name:" 
            android:id="@+id/TextView01" 
            android:layout_width="80dp" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="16dip">
        </TextView>
        <EditText 
            android:id="@+id/txtViewName" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:inputType="textFilter|textMultiLine|textNoSuggestions"
            android:scrollHorizontally="false">
        </EditText>
    </TableRow>
</TableLayout>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2956

Answers (5)

Pedro Fraca
Pedro Fraca

Reputation: 185

You can try to change the width to fill_parent.

Upvotes: 2

Vit Khudenko
Vit Khudenko

Reputation: 28418

Just use both android:stretchColumns="1" and android:shrinkColumns="1" instead the only one android:stretchColumns="1":

<TableLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:paddingTop="10dp"
    android:paddingLeft="10dp"
    android:paddingRight="10dp"
    android:stretchColumns="1"
    android:shrinkColumns="1">

Upvotes: 1

Paresh Mayani
Paresh Mayani

Reputation: 128428

I just change this: android:layout_width ="0dip" and it is working fine.

Multiline edittext but initially it is being displayed one line, it will be expanded vertically(not horizontally) as and when the more and more data are being entered.

Upvotes: 1

Pedro Fraca
Pedro Fraca

Reputation: 185

I've tested it on a 2.1 emulator enclosing the code (with fill_parent in the edit text) inside this relative layout and appears to be ok. 

<?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">
<TableLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:paddingTop="10dp"
    android:paddingLeft="10dp"
    android:paddingRight="10dp"
    android:stretchColumns="1">

    <TableRow android:id="@+id/TableRow02" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <TextView
            android:text="Name:"
            android:id="@+id/TextView01"
            android:layout_width="80dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="16dip">
        </TextView>
        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/txtViewName"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:inputType="textFilter"
            android:scrollHorizontally="false">
        </EditText>
    </TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Maybe you can navigate the xml tree in the eclipse outline window and see what view is bigger than the screen.

Upvotes: -2

mudit
mudit

Reputation: 25534

try adding following code in your edit text if you want to wrap it in a single line:

android:singleLine="true"

OR set the width of your edittext to fill_parent or any value in dip if you want multiline.

Upvotes: 1

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