Android TextView Text not getting wrapped

Question

Can anyone tell me what\'s going wrong with the text? Text longer than one line doesn\'t wrap to the next line but goes beyond the screen.

Following is the code:

Answer 1

I just removed android:lines="1" and added android:maxLines="2", this got the text to wrap automatically. The problem was the android:lines attribute. That causes the text wrapping to not happen.

I didnt have to use maxEms or singleLine="false" (deprecated API) to fix this.

Answer 2

I could not get any of these solutions working when using a TableLayout>TableRow>TextView. I then found TableLayout.shrinkColumns="*". The only other solution that worked was forcing the TextView to layout_width:250px etc but i don't like forcing widths like that.

Try something like this if working with tables.

            <TableLayout 
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:shrinkColumns="*">

Note you need shrinkColumns="*"

This is obviously within a <LinearLayout>. So something like <LinearLayout> <TableLayout> <TableRow> <TextView>

references:

TableLayout

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4000

Hope that helps someone.

Answer 3

I used android:ems="23" to solve my problem. Just replace 23 with the best value in your case.

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/msg"
        android:ems="23"
        android:text="ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab "
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

Answer 4

You must use 2 parameters :

• android:ellipsize="none" : the text is not cut on textview width

• android:scrollHorizontally="false" the text wraps on as many lines as necessary

Answer 5

I fixed it myself, the key is android:width="0dip"

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="4dip"
    android:layout_weight="1">

    <LinearLayout 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:padding="4dip">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/reviewItemEntityName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@color/maroon"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:textSize="14sp"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:layout_weight="1" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/reviewItemStarRating"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
        </LinearLayout>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/reviewItemDescription"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="12sp"
            android:width="0dip" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/widget01"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/arrow_nxt"
        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
        android:paddingRight="5dip" />

</LinearLayout> 

Answer 6

In my case, with a TableRow > ScrollView > TextView nesting, I solved the problem by setting android:layout_width to fill_parent on TableRow, and to wrap_content on ScrollView and TextView.