align text center with android

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I know it sounds easy   I need to put a text in center  but when the text is too long it needs to go below  but still align in the center of my xml   Here s my code      lt LinearLayout     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android id    id showdescriptioncontenttitle      android paddingTop  10dp      android paddingBottom  10dp      android layout centerHorizontal  true   gt       lt TextView          android id    id showdescriptiontitle          android text  Title          android textSize  35dp          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content        gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    I put paddingTop and Bottom because I need some space  PS  My code is bigger  it s in a RelativeLayout

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Just add these 2 lines   android gravity  center horizontal  android textAlignment  center

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add layout gravity and gravity with center value on TextView   lt TextView     android text  welcome text      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android layout gravity  center      android gravity  center        gt

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Or check this out this will help align all the elements at once    lt LinearLayout     android layout width  quot wrap content quot      android layout height  quot wrap content quot      android id  quot   id showdescriptioncontenttitle quot      android paddingTop  quot 10dp quot      android paddingBottom  quot 10dp quot      android layout gravity  quot center quot      android gravity  quot center horizontal quot   gt       lt TextView          android id  quot   id showdescriptiontitle quot          android text  quot Title quot          android textSize  quot 35dp quot          android layout width  quot wrap content quot          android layout height  quot wrap content quot        gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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You can use the following    lt LinearLayout     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android id    id showdescriptioncontenttitle      android paddingTop  10dp      android paddingBottom  10dp  gt     lt TextView         android id    id textview1          android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center          android text  Your text          android typeface  serif    gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    The layout needs to be relative for the  center  property to be used

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use this way in xml       lt TextView         android id    id myText          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Time is precious  so love now           android gravity  center          android textSize  30dp          android textColor   fff            gt

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android layout gravity  center    or  android gravity  center    both works for me

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Adding android gravity  center  in your TextView will do the trick  be the parent layout is Relative Linear     Also  you should avoid using dp for font size  Use sp instead

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use this way  txt setGravity Gravity CENTER

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Set also android gravity parameter in TextView to center   For testing the effects of different layout parameters I recommend to use different background color for every element  so you can see how your layout changes with parameters like gravity  layout gravity or others

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