Android and displaying multi-lined text in a TextView in a TableRow

Question

I'm displaying a TableLayout with rows as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableRow
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content">

  <RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <TextView   
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/one"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
            android:textColor="#B0171F" />
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/one"
            android:id="@+id/two"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
            android:ellipsize="none"
            android:singleLine="false"
            android:scrollHorizontally="false"
            android:maxLines="10"
            android:textColor="@android:color/black" />

  </RelativeLayout>

</TableRow>

I'm hitting this with everything I can find here and can think of to permit the text to wrap on many lines but to no avail: The text is always forced to a single line, running off the screen. It might matter that I'm working inside a TableRow here, and so far as I can tell this hasn't been treated on this site.

So, how do I force my second TextView to wrap to many lines?

Answer 1

The TextView will wrap the text if the column it's in is set to shrink. Sometimes it does not wrap exactly, if the text ends with ", ...", then it is a little bit longer than exactly n lines.

Here's an example, the TextView with the id question will wrap:

<TableLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:shrinkColumns="*">
    <TableRow>
         <TextView
             android:id="@+id/question"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
    </TableRow>
</TableLayout>

Answer 2

For the sake of completeness, this is how my TableLayout reads in XML:

<TableLayout
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
  android:shrinkColumns="0"
  android:stretchColumns="0"
  android:id="@+id/summaryTable">
</TableLayout>

I later populate this with TableRows.

Answer 3

By code also works:

TableLayout tablelayout = (TableLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.table);
tablelayout.setColumnShrinkable(1,true);

1 is the number of column.

Answer 4

Maybe try as follows:

myTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml("On " + stringData1 + "<br> at " + strinData2);

I know, looks a bit like a "wheelchair" solution, but works for me, though I also fill a text programmatically.

Answer 5

You can also used below code

<TableRow >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_description_heading"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:text="@string/rating_review"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_description"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:maxLines="4"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:text="The food test was very good."
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:textColorHint="@color/hint_text_color" />
</TableRow>