TextView Ellipsize (…) not working

Question

I want to have a single lined TextView to show up 3 dots at the end when the text is longer than the TextView. I don\'t know why - but I don\'t get

Answer 1

The ellipses did not appear while my text was selectable. I needed to disable selectable text (which is the default):

android:layout_width="0dp" (match constraint)
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textIsSelectable="false"

Answer 2

This doesn't work with me unless adding 'android:ems' attribute along with the android:ellipsize attribute

android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:ems="8"

Answer 3

Add this in your xml for the TextView:

        android:maxWidth="200dp" 
        android:maxLines="1" 

As

        android:singleLine="true"  

is deprecated.

Answer 4

Add the following styles in your styles file (typically styles.xml):

<style name="autoscroll">
    <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
    <item name="android:ellipsize">marquee</item>
    <item name="android:marqueeRepeatLimit">marquee_forever</item>
    <item name="android:focusable">true</item>
    <item name="android:focusableInTouchMode">true</item>
    <item name="android:scrollHorizontally">true</item>
</style>

Then add the style @style/autoscroll to your TextView:

<TextView android:id="@+id/lName"
      style="@style/autoscroll" />

You can reuse your autoscroll feature easily when you want this way.

Answer 5

android:id="@+id/lName" android:layout_width="150dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:text="Avinljhakjhsajkhakjshda"
    android:textSize="16sp"

Answer 6

It works with singleLine="true" but this attribute is now deprecated, use ellipsize and scrollHorizontally="true" instead.