Vertical TextView taking too much space in Android

Question

I am trying to create something like the following using LinearLayout and TableLayout:

Answer 1

None of the solutions worked for me but I found this blog post by Mark Allison: https://blog.stylingandroid.com/verticaltext-part-1/

public class VerticalTextView extends TextView
{
    final boolean topDown;

    public VerticalTextView( Context context, 
        AttributeSet attrs )
    {
        super( context, attrs );
        final int gravity = getGravity();
        if ( Gravity.isVertical( gravity )
            && ( gravity & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK ) 
            == Gravity.BOTTOM )
        {
            setGravity( 
                ( gravity & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK )
                    | Gravity.TOP );
            topDown = false;
        }
        else
        {
            topDown = true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure( int widthMeasureSpec, 
        int heightMeasureSpec )
    {
        super.onMeasure( heightMeasureSpec, 
            widthMeasureSpec );
        setMeasuredDimension( getMeasuredHeight(), 
            getMeasuredWidth() );
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw( Canvas canvas )
    {
        TextPaint textPaint = getPaint();
        textPaint.setColor( getCurrentTextColor() );
        textPaint.drawableState = getDrawableState();

        canvas.save();

        if ( topDown )
        {
            canvas.translate( getWidth(), 0 );
            canvas.rotate( 90 );
        }
        else
        {
            canvas.translate( 0, getHeight() );
            canvas.rotate( -90 );
        }

        canvas.translate( getCompoundPaddingLeft(), 
            getExtendedPaddingTop() );

        getLayout().draw( canvas );
        canvas.restore();
    }
}

The rotation is done by the gravity. So be sure to set this in your xml: