Setting width to wrap content for TextView through code

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Can anyone help me how to set the width of TextView to wrap content through code and not from XML   I am dynamically creating a TextView in code  so is there anyway to how to set its width to wrap content through code

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Solution for change TextView width to wrap content    textView getLayoutParams   width   ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT   textView requestLayout         Call requestLayout   for redraw your TextView when your TextView is already drawn  laid out   eg  you update TextView width when click a Button       If your TextView is drawing you may not need requestLayout    eg  you change TextView width inside onCreate     However if you call it  it still working well   gt  for easy  always use requestLayout       Another useful example    textView getLayoutParams   width   200     For change  TextView  width to 200 pixel

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I think this code answer your question   RelativeLayout LayoutParams params    RelativeLayout LayoutParams   holder desc1 getLayoutParams    params height   RelativeLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  holder desc1 setLayoutParams params

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I am posting android Java base multi line edittext   EditText editText   findViewById R id editText     edittext access     ViewGroup LayoutParams params     editText getLayoutParams     params height   ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  editText setLayoutParams params      Gives as much height for multi line    editText setSingleLine false      Makes it Multi line

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There is another way to achieve same result  In case you need to set only one parameter  for example  height     TextView textView    TextView findViewById R id text view   ViewGroup LayoutParams params   textView getLayoutParams    params height   ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  textView setLayoutParams params

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A little update on this post  if you are using ktx within your Android project  there is a little helper method that makes updating LayoutParams a lot easier  If you want to update e g  only the width you can do that with the following line in Kotlin  tv updateLayoutParams   width   WRAP CONTENT

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TextView pf   new TextView context   pf setLayoutParams new LayoutParams LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT      For different layouts like ConstraintLayout and others  they have their own LayoutParams  like so   pf setLayoutParams new ConstraintLayout LayoutParams ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  ViewGroup LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT       or   parentView addView pf  new LayoutParams LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT

[android] Setting width to wrap_content for TextView through code

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