End TextView with 3 dots with use of maxLength

Question

I have a TextView in my layout which is wrap_content in layout_width. It is limited to maximum of 15 characters so I\'m using maxLength.

I need to end this TextView

Answer 1

I gather (from comment) that @Yaniv already solved it using code - but this is the right way to do it (with xml). May help other users who land here. Trick is to use both toleftof and torightof.

<RelativeLayout>
...
 <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/some_element1"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/some_element2"/>
...
<RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

This will solve your problem, Use ellipsize Property in your XML Code

android:ellipsize="end" <!-- This makes the magic ... thing -->
android:maxEms="15" <!-- Limit of the Text -->
android:singleLine="true" <!-- In case if you want everything in one line -->

Edit: singleLine is deprecated. Use maxlines="1" instead.

Answer 3

I needed to do this with Radio Button and I wanted to limit the size to one line. When I used Android:singleline="true", radio button's check circle disappeared. Here's the code that finally worked:

android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"

There's no need to set ems. This will probably work also in TextView and other UI components. Hope this helps to someone.

Answer 4

Tried most of the solutions above. Using maxWidth was the key for me:

android:maxWidth="100dp"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"

Answer 5

One of the easiest way is to add Right Padding + Ellipsize

<TextView
            android:id="@+id/txtvw_contentcell_subhead"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Polem sampler, Lorem Ipsum golep tolem burop yemit noski"
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:textColor="@color/caption_black_color"
            android:textSize="@dimen/caption_size"
            android:paddingRight="40dp"/>

Here is an example Subtitle Text with char limit.