Multiline TextView in Android

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I did like below in xml   lt TableRow gt       lt TextView android id    id address1          android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  left          android maxLines  4           android singleLine  false                        android text  Johar Mor  Gulistan-e-Johar  Karachi   gt       lt  TextView gt    lt  TableRow gt    It is not working for multiline  and I am using TableLayout     so what is mistake I am doing here

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If the text you re putting in the TextView is short  it will not automatically expand to four lines  If you want the TextView to always have four lines regardless of the length of the text in it  set the android lines attribute    lt TextView     android id    id address1      android gravity  left      android layout height  fill parent      android layout width  wrap content      android maxLines  4      android lines  4      android text  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet  consectetur adipisicing elit  sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua  Ut enim ad minim veniam  quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat   gt  lt  TextView gt    You can do this with TableRow  see below code   lt TableRow  gt           lt 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    gt            lt TextView             android id    id tv description              android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android gravity  left              android maxLines  4  enter code here              android padding  8dp              android text  The food test was very good               android textColor   color black              android textColorHint   color hint text color    gt       lt  TableRow gt

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I do not like the solution that forces the number of lines in the text view  I rather suggest you solve it via the solution proposed here  As I see the OP is also struggling with making text view look like proper in table and shrinkColumns is the correct directive to pass in to achieve what is wanted

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for me non of the solutions did not work  I know it is not a complete answer for this question  but sometimes it can help   I put 4 textviews in a vertical linearlayout    lt Linearlayout     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android orientation  vertical           gt       lt TextView        android layout width  wrap content         android layout height  wrap content         android text  line1              gt       lt TextView        android layout width  wrap content         android layout height  wrap content         android text  line2              gt       lt TextView        android layout width  wrap content         android layout height  wrap content         android text  line3              gt       lt TextView        android layout width  wrap content         android layout height  wrap content         android text  line4              gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    This solution is good for cases that the text view text is constant  like labels

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Try to work with EditText by make it unclickable and unfocusable  also you can display a scrollbar and delete the EditText s underbar  Here is an example    lt EditText android id    id my edit text  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  wrap parent  android inputType  textMultiLine                     lt  -- multiline -- gt  android clickable  false                           lt  -- unclickable -- gt  android focusable  false                           lt  -- unfocusable -- gt  android scrollbars  vertical       lt  -- enable scrolling vertically -- gt  android background   android color transparent     lt  -- hide the underbar of EditText -- gt    gt      Hope this helps

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The key is a Textview with singleline false  which yes is deprecated  but is a must have to work  combined with lines   maxlinesor minlines  lt TextView                 android id  quot   id txtBowlers quot                  style  quot  style Default TextBox Small quot                  android layout width  quot 0dp quot                  android layout height  quot wrap content quot                  android layout marginTop  quot 4dp quot                  android singleLine  quot false quot                  android maxLines  quot 6 quot                  android text  quot Bob nSally nJohn quot                  app layout constraintEnd toEndOf  quot parent quot                  app layout constraintHorizontal bias  quot 0 0 quot                  app layout constraintStart toStartOf  quot   id txtTeamName quot                  app layout constraintTop toBottomOf  quot   id txtTeamName quot   gt

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Just add textview in ScrollView   lt ScrollView            android layout width  fill parent             android layout height  wrap content             android layout weight  1             android layout marginLeft  15dp             android layout marginRight  15dp             android layout marginTop  20dp             android fillViewport  true  gt               lt TextView                android id    id txtquestion                 android layout width  fill parent                 android layout height  match parent                 android background   drawable abs  dialog full holo light                 android lines  20                 android scrollHorizontally  false                 android scrollbars  vertical                 android textSize  15sp    gt           lt  ScrollView gt

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Why don t you declare a string instead of writing a long lines into the layout file  For this you have to declare a line of code into layout file  android text   string text   and go to the   app src main res values strings xml and add a line of code   Your multiline text here  Also use   n  to break the line from any point else the line will automatically be adjusted

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Simplest Way  lt TableRow gt       lt TextView android id  quot   id address1 quot          android layout width  quot fill parent quot           android layout height  quot wrap content quot          android gravity  quot left quot          android maxLines  quot 4 quot           android singleLine  quot false quot                        android text  quot Johar Mor  n Gulistan-e-Johar  n Karachi quot   gt       lt  TextView gt    lt  TableRow gt   Use  n where you want to insert a new line Hopefully it will help you

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I hope these answers are little bit old  just change the input type in resource layout file will solve your problem  For example   lt EditText         android id  quot   id notesInput quot          android hint  quot Notes quot          android inputType  quot textMultiLine quot    gt

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First replace   n  with its Html equavalent   amp lt br amp gt   then call Html fromHtml   on the string  Follow below steps   String text  model getMessageBody   toString   replace   n     amp lt br amp gt    textView setText Html fromHtml Html fromHtml text  toString       This works perfectly

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I used    TableLayout tablelayout    TableLayout  view findViewById R id table   tablelayout setColumnShrinkable 1 true     it worked for me  1 is the number of column

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Below code can work for Single line and Multi-line textview isMultiLine   If true then Textview showing with Multi-line otherwise single line     if  isMultiLine            textView setElegantTextHeight true           textView setInputType InputType TYPE TEXT FLAG MULTI LINE           textView setSingleLine false                  else           textView setSingleLine true           textView setEllipsize TextUtils TruncateAt END

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What I learned was to add   n  in between the words where you want it to brake into  the next line  For example      lt TextView     android id    id time      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android textAlignment  center      android text  M-F 9am-5pm  n By Appointment Only    gt    The  n between 5pm and By allowed me more control of where I wanted my my next line to begin and end

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you can use android inputType  textMultiLine      lt TextView android id    id address1      android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  wrap content      android gravity  left      android maxLines  4       android inputType  textMultiLine      android text  Johar Mor  Gulistan-e-Johar  Karachi    gt

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I like neither of the answers  Simply set the inputType and the TextView will adapt to its content   lt TextView             android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android inputType  textMultiLine   gt    Tested on a Nexus One  2 3  and Nexus 4  4 4

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The best answer I found for multiline TextView is   android inputType  textMultiLine

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TextView will be multi line when it wont get enough space to fit in the single line and singLine not set to true   If it gets the space in one line it wont be multi line

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You can do this with TableRow  see below code   lt TableRow  gt       lt 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    gt        lt TextView         android id    id tv description          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  left          android maxLines  4  enter code here          android padding  8dp          android text  The food test was very good           android textColor   color black          android textColorHint   color hint text color    gt   lt  TableRow gt

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TextView is used to display text on Android application  By default  TextView displays text on one line and if long  TextView will automatically display with more lines to display its text in the most logical way  Android developers can create a new line on TextView both in programming and syntax  Android developers can create multi-line TextView without dividing text into multiple lines according to android  minLines properties  Create layout xml  lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt    lt LinearLayout xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot       android layout width  quot match parent quot       android layout height  quot match parent quot       android orientation  quot vertical quot  gt        lt TextView          android id  quot   id text view1 quot           android layout width  quot match parent quot           android layout height  quot wrap content quot           android textSize  quot 30sp quot           android background  quot  DA70D6 quot           android text  quot This is line 1  nThis is line 2  nLine number 3 quot             gt          lt TextView          android id  quot   id text view2 quot           android layout width  quot match parent quot           android layout height  quot wrap content quot           android textSize  quot 30sp quot           android background  quot  DEB887 quot           android text  quot This is line 1  nThis is line 2  nLine number 3 quot           android maxLines  quot 2 quot             gt          lt TextView          android id  quot   id text view3 quot           android layout width  quot match parent quot           android layout height  quot wrap content quot           android textSize  quot 30sp quot           android background  quot  8FBC8F quot           android text  quot This is line 1  nThis is line 2 quot           android minLines  quot 3 quot             gt          lt TextView          android id  quot   id text view4 quot           android layout width  quot match parent quot           android layout height  quot wrap content quot           android textSize  quot 30sp quot           android background  quot  5F9EA0 quot           android text  quot  string Multiline Text By N quot             gt    lt  LinearLayout gt   Add string in file string xml  lt string name  quot Multiline Text By N quot  gt           Line number 1  nLine number 2       lt  string gt   Source  https   code-android-example blogspot com 2020 11 android-textview-multiline-example html

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I just thought I d add that if you use     android inputType  textMultiLine     Then the view stops being clickable  I was trying to get multi line textviews in my slide-drawer menu which obviously needs to respond to clicks   The android singleLine  false  worked fine though

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Simply put   n  inside your text    no extra attribute required                lt TextView             android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge              android text  Pigeon nControl nServices              android id    id textView5              android layout gravity  center              android paddingLeft  12dp   gt

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