Limit numbers of lines in TextView

Question

I have a scrollable textView, and I want to limit the number of lines displayed, however xml properties are not working :

Answer 1

I tried as said in accepted answer and others but didn't worked for me, but after adding android:ellipsize="marquee" it's working now..

Answer 2

<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="120dip" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tv_addesc"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:maxLines="12"
    android:scrollbars="vertical"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF"
    android:textSize="15sp" />
 </ScrollView>

Answer 3

Try using this.

android:maxLines="12"
android:ellipsize="end"

In the end it add ... if extra text available.

You can also use

android:ellipsize="marquee" 

It will reduce extra text from end that is not like a word.

Answer 4

You just have to set a number of lines in your TextView like this:

android:maxLines = "10"

and you must also add:

android:minLines="1"

The rest of this not necessary if you are not using scrolling

and a property which says that this TextView should be scrollable vertically:

android:scrollbars = "vertical"

And in your Java-code:

yourTextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod())

Answer 5

Find your textview by id:

TextView myTextBox=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textBox);

Now use the setMaxLines function and assign the number of lines you require in it,say 20.

myTextBox.setMaxLines(20);

This limits your text box to show 20 lines only.

Answer 6

hey try setting the singleline property to false. Just see if it works.