Limit the Length of TextView [duplicate]

Answer 1

Add android:maxLength="12" to your text view..

<TextView
            android:id="@+id/textViewName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/includeheadersetting"
            android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Name"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:maxLength="12" />

Answer 2

Add the following max length parameter to your text view-

android:maxLength="12"

whatever the limit you want you can replace that like instead of 12 can give 14 or whatever length you want.

Answer 3

Use android:maxLength="12" to limit the text length

 <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textViewName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/includeheadersetting"
            android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Name"
            android:maxLength="12"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

You can also use another property as follows:

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

Using this property "..." will be added end of the text as follows:

"Hello How are ..." instead of "Hello How are you?"

Answer 4

Generally speaking only including android:maxLength is not considered good idea.

Use maxLength attribute, then use the android:ellipsize="marquee" to add a "..." automatically to the end of any line that has been cut-off.

<TextView 
    android:id="@+id/txtView" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:maxLines="1" 
    android:maxLength="10" 
    android:ellipsize="marquee"/>

Answer 5

add code like

android:maxLength="12"