how to align text vertically center in android

Question

I have arabic text, therefore I set gravity to right in order to start text from right side. Text starts from right now. But another issue is text starts to render from the top

Answer 1

Your TextView Attributes need to be something like,

<TextView ... 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|right" ../>

Now, Description why these need to be done,

 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"

Makes your TextView to match_parent or fill_parent if You don't want to be it like, match_parent you have to give some specified values to layout_height so it get space for vertical center gravity. android:layout_width="match_parent" necessary because it align your TextView in Right side so you can recognize respect to Parent Layout of TextView.

Now, its about android:gravity which makes the content of Your TextView alignment. android:layout_gravity makes alignment of TextView respected to its Parent Layout.

Update:

As below comment says use fill_parent instead of match_parent. (Problem in some device.)

Answer 2

just use like this to make anything to center

 android:layout_gravity="center"
 android:gravity="center"

updated :

android:layout_gravity="center|right"
android:gravity="center|right"

Updated : Just remove MarginBottom from your textview.. Do like this.. for your textView

<LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout5"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"  >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center" 
            android:gravity="center|right"
            android:text="hello" 
            android:textSize="20dp" />
    </LinearLayout>

Answer 3

In relative layout you need specify textview height:

android:layout_height="100dp"

Or specify lines attribute:

android:lines="3"

Answer 4

Try to put android:gravity="center_vertical|right" inside parent LinearLayout else as you are inside RelativeLayout you can put android:layout_centerInParent="true" inside your scrollView.

Answer 5

The problem is the padding of the font on the textview. Just add to your textview:

android:includeFontPadding="false"