Vertical TextView taking too much space in Android

Question

I am trying to create something like the following using LinearLayout and TableLayout:

Answer 1

None of the solutions worked for me but I found this blog post by Mark Allison: https://blog.stylingandroid.com/verticaltext-part-1/

public class VerticalTextView extends TextView
{
    final boolean topDown;

    public VerticalTextView( Context context, 
        AttributeSet attrs )
    {
        super( context, attrs );
        final int gravity = getGravity();
        if ( Gravity.isVertical( gravity )
            && ( gravity & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK ) 
            == Gravity.BOTTOM )
        {
            setGravity( 
                ( gravity & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK )
                    | Gravity.TOP );
            topDown = false;
        }
        else
        {
            topDown = true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure( int widthMeasureSpec, 
        int heightMeasureSpec )
    {
        super.onMeasure( heightMeasureSpec, 
            widthMeasureSpec );
        setMeasuredDimension( getMeasuredHeight(), 
            getMeasuredWidth() );
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw( Canvas canvas )
    {
        TextPaint textPaint = getPaint();
        textPaint.setColor( getCurrentTextColor() );
        textPaint.drawableState = getDrawableState();

        canvas.save();

        if ( topDown )
        {
            canvas.translate( getWidth(), 0 );
            canvas.rotate( 90 );
        }
        else
        {
            canvas.translate( 0, getHeight() );
            canvas.rotate( -90 );
        }

        canvas.translate( getCompoundPaddingLeft(), 
            getExtendedPaddingTop() );

        getLayout().draw( canvas );
        canvas.restore();
    }
}

The rotation is done by the gravity. So be sure to set this in your xml:

<com.stylingandroid.verticaltext.VerticalTextView
    style="@style/verticalTextStyle"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="bottom|right"
    android:text="@string/text" />

Answer 2

If you want to reproduce your image I would use a GridView or a TableLayout with no buttons, just set the proper listeners if you need to do any action. This way you can set fixed heights and widths.

Answer 3

Put all the Text view in Linear Layout and try to give proper Layout weight to solve your problem

Answer 4

Here is a hack to create vertical text view. So the scenario was I need to show a static tag on the right side of the screen. so I just used "\n" for the new line as my text was less.

android:text="A\nC\nT\nI\nO\nN"

You can check the image I've attached. although it's not suggested if you showing data from Dynamically.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tv_action"
    android:layout_width="20dp"
    android:layout_height="126dp"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_red_left_rcorner"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:padding="2dp"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    android:text="A\nC\nT\nI\nO\nN"
    android:textColor="@color/white"
    app:layout_anchor="@+id/drawer_layout"
    app:layout_anchorGravity="end|center" />

Answer 5

in .xml file just put

<TextView> 
 android:layout_width="wrap content"
 android:layout_height="wrap content"
 android:rotation="270"
</TextView>