How do I center text horizontally and vertically in a TextView

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How do I center the text horizontally and vertically in a TextView  so that it appears exactly in the middle of the TextView in Android

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As many answers suggest above works fine.

android:gravity="center"

If you want to center it just vertically:

android:gravity="center_vertical"

or just horizontally:

android:gravity="center_horizontal"

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lt TextView android id    id textView  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  wrap content  android gravity  center    gt

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If you are using TableLayout make sure to set the gravity of the TableRows to center  too  Otherwise it will not work  At least it didn t work with me until I set the gravity of the TableRow to center   For example  like this    lt TableRow android id    id tableRow2  android layout width  wrap content  android layout height  wrap content  android gravity  center  gt               lt TextView android text   string chf  android id    id tv chf  android layout weight  2  android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  fill parent  android gravity  center  gt  lt  TextView gt           lt  TableRow gt

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Apply gravity         TextView txtView    TextView  findViewById R id txtView   txtView setGravity Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL     For vertical         txtView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL     In XML    lt TextView           android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android gravity  center      android text   string Hello World            gt

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lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto  gt            lt TextView             android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android text  HELLO              android textColor   color colorPrimaryDark              app layout constraintEnd toEndOf  parent              app layout constraintTop toTopOf  parent              app layout constraintStart toStartOf  parent              app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent   gt     lt  android support constraint ConstraintLayout gt

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As many answers suggest above works fine.

android:gravity="center"

If you want to center it just vertically:

android:gravity="center_vertical"

or just horizontally:

android:gravity="center_horizontal"

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In RelativeLayout  it will be nice with it   And another Button and anything else you can add   The following works nicely for me    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent      android background   ff314859      android paddingLeft  16dp      android paddingRight  16dp  gt       lt TextView          android id    id txt logo          android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  your text here          android textSize  30dp          android gravity  center   gt              other button or anything else      lt  RelativeLayout gt

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If you are working with RelativeLayout  try using this property  inside your TextView tag    android layout centerInParent  true

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Via  xml file gravity can be set to center as follows   lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center      android text  In the center    gt    Via java following is the way you can solve your particular issue  textView1 setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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We can achieve this with these multiple ways -      XML method 01    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android gravity  center vertical center horizontal      android text   strings text    gt       XML method 02    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android layout centerHorizontal  true      android layout centerVertical  true      android text   strings text    gt       XML method 03    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android gravity  center      android text   strings text    gt       XML method 04    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android layout centerInParent  true      android text   strings text    gt       Java method 01   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL        Java method 02   textview setGravity Gravity CENTER        Java method 03   textView setTextAlignment View TEXT ALIGNMENT CENTER

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lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android textSize  25dp          android textStyle  bold          android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceMedium          android text  Tours          android id    id textView    gt

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If you are trying to center text on a TableRow in a TableLayout  here is how I achieved this    lt TableRow android id    id rowName            android layout width  wrap content            android layout height  wrap content            android padding  5dip   gt       lt TextView android id    id lblSomeLabel                android layout width  fill parent                android layout height  fill parent                android gravity  center                android layout width  0dp                android layout weight  100                android text  Your Text Here    gt   lt  TableRow gt

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I have added xml snippet to make a textview center alligned in both Linear and Relative Layout   In Linear Layout    lt TextView android layout width  wrap content  android layout height  wrap content  android text  Text In Center  android layout gravity  center  android gravity  center   gt    In Relative Layout   lt TextView android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  android text  Text In Center  android layout centerInParent  true  gt

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How to center a view or its content e g  TextView or Button   horizontally and vertically  layout gravity can be used to position a   view in the center of its parent  While gravity attribute is used to   position view   s content e g     text    in the center of the view      1   Center TextView Horizontally     lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent         android orientation  vertical         android layout margin  10dp      tools context   MainActivity   gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello World           android layout gravity  center          android background   333          android textColor   fff            gt    lt  LinearLayout gt      2   Center TextView Vertically     android layout gravity    center vertical    dose not work     To center TextView vertically  you need to make a trick  Place TextView inside a RelativeLayout then set the TextView attribute android layout centerInParent    true       lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent         android orientation  vertical         android layout margin  10dp      tools context   MainActivity   gt        lt TextView         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello World           android layout centerInParent  true          android layout gravity  center vertical          android gravity  center          android background   333          android textColor   fff            gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt      3   Center Text Horizontally     android gravity    center horizontal        4   Center Text Horizontally  amp  Vertically     android gravity    center    this will center the text horizontally and   vertically       lt TextView     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  100dp      android text  Hello World       android gravity  center      android background   333      android textColor   fff        gt

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If you are using Relative Layout      lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text   string stringname      android layout centerInParent  true   gt    If you are using LinearLayout   lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text   string stringname      android layout gravity  center   gt

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If you are using TableLayout make sure to set the gravity of the TableRows to center  too  Otherwise it will not work  At least it didn t work with me until I set the gravity of the TableRow to center   For example  like this    lt TableRow android id    id tableRow2  android layout width  wrap content  android layout height  wrap content  android gravity  center  gt               lt TextView android text   string chf  android id    id tv chf  android layout weight  2  android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  fill parent  android gravity  center  gt  lt  TextView gt           lt  TableRow gt

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I m assuming you re using XML layout    lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center      android text   string   yourtextstring      gt    You can also use gravity center vertical or center horizontal according to your need   and as  stealthcopter commented  in java   setGravity Gravity CENTER

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use android gravity  center  to parent   lt LinearLayout     android layout width  200dp      android layout height  200dp       android gravity  center       gt       lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center          android text  Hello world            gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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Honorable Mention for the Belated GUI I wanted to add some value to this already fantastic thread  And finally after 11 years we now have a way to drag and drop the TextView from the toolbox and select gravity through a GUI Properties box  AND  thankfully the GUI  combines the properties concisely as  quot center vertical center horizontal quot         lt TextView     android text  quot This is my sample text  quot      android layout width  quot match parent quot      android layout height  quot 35 7dp quot      android id  quot   id textView2 quot      android layout marginBottom  quot 24 7dp quot      android typeface  quot sans quot      android textSize  quot 20 quot      android gravity  quot center vertical center horizontal quot    gt

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Set the gravity attribute in the layout file as android gravity  center

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For Linear Layout  In XML use something like this   lt TextView       android id    id textView1      android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android gravity  center vertical center horizontal      android text  Your Text goes here    gt    To do this at run time use something like this in your activity  TextView textView1   TextView findViewById R id texView1   textView1 setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL     For Relative Layout  in XML use some thing like this   lt TextView       android id    id textView1      android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android layout centerInParent  true      android text  Your Text goes here    gt    To do this at run time use something like this in your activity  TextView textView1   TextView findViewById R id texView1   RelativeLayout LayoutParams layoutParams   RelativeLayout LayoutParams textView1 getLayoutParams    layoutParams addRule RelativeLayout CENTER IN PARENT  RelativeLayout TRUE   textView1 setLayoutParams layoutParams

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I m assuming you re using XML layout    lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center      android text   string   yourtextstring      gt    You can also use gravity center vertical or center horizontal according to your need   and as  stealthcopter commented  in java   setGravity Gravity CENTER

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Via  xml file gravity can be set to center as follows   lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center      android text  In the center    gt    Via java following is the way you can solve your particular issue  textView1 setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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The TextView s height and width are wrap content then the text within the textview always be centered  then make center in its parent layout by using    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android layout centerInParent  true          android text  Hello     gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt    For LinearLayout also the code is same     lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android gravity  center  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello     gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    and pro-grammatically parent is RelativeLayout java code this at run time use something like this in your activity  TextView textView1   TextView findViewById R id texView1   RelativeLayout LayoutParams layoutParams   RelativeLayout LayoutParams textView1 getLayoutParams    layoutParams addRule RelativeLayout CENTER IN PARENT  RelativeLayout TRUE   textView1 setLayoutParams layoutParams

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lt TextView   android layout width  match parent   android layout height  match parent   android gravity  center  android text  In the center   gt    Above is to set it using  xml file   but I prefer java version because you can also disable it in code while in running condition if necessary  Following is java code   textView1 setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android textSize  25dp          android textStyle  bold          android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceMedium          android text  Tours          android id    id textView    gt

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Let s say Full Textview in screen    lt TextView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android text  Hello World       android gravity  center        gt    Let s say Textview not full  in Relative layout   lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text  Hello World       android layout centerInParent true       gt    Let s say Textview not full  in Linear layout   lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text  Hello World       android layout gravity  centre        gt

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You can just set the gravity of your textview into CENTER

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android layout centerInParent  true    This works when used with a RelativeLayout where the layout s height  amp  width are set to wrap content

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try this       lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center    gt

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You can do like this to get text centered      lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android gravity  center    gt

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Try this    lt TextView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android gravity  center    gt

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You can also use the combination   android gravity  left center    Then  if textview width is more than  fill parent  the text will still be aligned to left  not centered as with gravity set only to  center

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android gravity  center horizontal  for align text Center horizontally  android gravity  center vertical  for align text Center vertically  android gravity  center  for align text Center both vertically and horizontally    lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android gravity  center horizontal center vertical          android layout height  match parent    gt

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And for those wondering how to center it vertically in its TextView element while keeping it on the left  horizontally     android gravity  center  android textAlignment  viewStart

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If you are making your text view width and height to wrap content then you have to manage it s position via layout gravity according to the parent supported attributes  Else you can do     lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center   gt

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Simply  in your XML file  set the textview gravity to center    lt TextView     android gravity  center    gt

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You can set the gravity to center vertical and textalignment to center    lt TextView      android text   string yourText       android layout height  wrap content       android layout height  wrap content       android gravity  center vertical       android textAlignment  center    gt

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Actually  we can do better by excluding fontPadding    lt TextView   android layout height  wrap content    android layout height  wrap content    android includeFontPadding  false    android textAlignment  center    gt

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Textview width and height should be match parent and add android gravity  center  in your textview attributes

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There are two ways of doing this   The first in the XML code  You need to pay attention at the Gravity Attribute  You also can find this attribute in the Graphic Editor  it may be easier than the XML EDITOR    lt TextView       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android gravity  center vertical center horizontal      android text  Your Text    gt    For your specific scenario  the values of gravity will be    center vertical center horizontal   In the graphical editor you will find all the possible values  even see their results

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use the below code in xml it worked for me you can change the orientation it will be in the centre   lt LinearLayout         android layout width  match parent          android orientation  horizontal          android background   color colorPrimaryDark          android gravity  center          android layout height  wrap content  gt           lt TextView             android id    id id text              android layout width  wrap content              android textSize  18sp              android textColor   android color white              android textStyle  normal              android layout height  wrap content              android text  centre me   gt       lt  LinearLayout gt

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In ConstraintLayout for any view    When you are using a constraint layout  set height  amp  width to 0  and let the constraint to manage view bounds     lt View     android layout width  0dp      android layout height  0dp      app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent      app layout constraintLeft toLeftOf  parent      app layout constraintRight toRightOf  parent      app layout constraintTop toTopOf  parent    gt

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If that TextView doesn t have the height   width attributes set to wrap content  just use android gravity  center   But some people complain that using that does not work  That s because their layout doesn t have the same gravity  You can set   android layout gravity  center  IN THE TEXTVIEW  this will apply only to the TextView   or  android gravity  center  IN THE PARENT LAYOUT  this will apply to all the views inside it

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android gravity  centre     This would help you to centre the textview

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Use android textAlignment  center             lt TextView         android text  HOW WAS nYOUR nDAY           android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android textAlignment  center          android id    id textView5             gt

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You can programatically do this in java with  textview setGravity Gravity CENTER

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In RelativeLayout  it will be nice with it   And another Button and anything else you can add   The following works nicely for me    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent      android background   ff314859      android paddingLeft  16dp      android paddingRight  16dp  gt       lt TextView          android id    id txt logo          android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  your text here          android textSize  30dp          android gravity  center   gt              other button or anything else      lt  RelativeLayout gt

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use android gravity  center  to parent   lt LinearLayout     android layout width  200dp      android layout height  200dp       android gravity  center       gt       lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center          android text  Hello world            gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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You can center a Text View using android gravity  center   The code goes as follows       lt TextView      android text   string yourText       android layout height  wrap content       android layout height  wrap content       android gravity  center    gt

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lt TextView   android layout width  match parent   android layout height  match parent   android gravity  center  android text  In the center   gt    Above is to set it using  xml file   but I prefer java version because you can also disable it in code while in running condition if necessary  Following is java code   textView1 setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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For kotlin  If you want to center your TextView from code  textView gravity   Gravity CENTER  If you want to horizontally center  textView gravity   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL  Or  vertically center  textView gravity   Gravity CENTER VERTICAL

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Simply  in your XML file  set the textview gravity to center    lt TextView     android gravity  center    gt

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You can set the gravity to center vertical and textalignment to center    lt TextView      android text   string yourText       android layout height  wrap content       android layout height  wrap content       android gravity  center vertical       android textAlignment  center    gt

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Use this  for relative layout   android layout centerInParent  true    and for other layout   android gravity  center

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There are 2 ways to do this    1  From Xml      use              lt TextView                            android gravity  center   gt   2  From Java class     use           textview  setGravity Gravity CENTER

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Use android gravity  center  to resolve your issue

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Use android textAlignment  center             lt TextView         android text  HOW WAS nYOUR nDAY           android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android textAlignment  center          android id    id textView5             gt

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Textview width and height should be match parent and add android gravity  center  in your textview attributes

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You can changeandroid gravity for this   android gravity  center  or   if you want to center horizontal or vertical  android gravity  center horizontal   android gravity  center vertical

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Try this way it will work              lt LinearLayout                 android layout width  quot match parent quot                  android layout height  quot wrap content quot                  android orientation  quot vertical quot                  android gravity  quot center quot  gt                                      lt TextView                     android layout width  quot wrap content quot                      android layout height  quot wrap content quot                      android textAlignment  quot center quot                        gt                lt  LinearLayout gt

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How to center a view or its content e g  TextView or Button   horizontally and vertically  layout gravity can be used to position a   view in the center of its parent  While gravity attribute is used to   position view   s content e g     text    in the center of the view      1   Center TextView Horizontally     lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent         android orientation  vertical         android layout margin  10dp      tools context   MainActivity   gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello World           android layout gravity  center          android background   333          android textColor   fff            gt    lt  LinearLayout gt      2   Center TextView Vertically     android layout gravity    center vertical    dose not work     To center TextView vertically  you need to make a trick  Place TextView inside a RelativeLayout then set the TextView attribute android layout centerInParent    true       lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent         android orientation  vertical         android layout margin  10dp      tools context   MainActivity   gt        lt TextView         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello World           android layout centerInParent  true          android layout gravity  center vertical          android gravity  center          android background   333          android textColor   fff            gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt      3   Center Text Horizontally     android gravity    center horizontal        4   Center Text Horizontally  amp  Vertically     android gravity    center    this will center the text horizontally and   vertically       lt TextView     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  100dp      android text  Hello World       android gravity  center      android background   333      android textColor   fff        gt

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If you are using Relative Layout      lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text   string stringname      android layout centerInParent  true   gt    If you are using LinearLayout   lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text   string stringname      android layout gravity  center   gt

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Use this  for relative layout   android layout centerInParent  true    and for other layout   android gravity  center

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If the TextView s height and width are wrap content then the text within the TextView always be centered  But if the TextView s width is match parent and height is match parent or wrap content then you have to write the below code    For RelativeLayout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center           android text  Hello World    gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt    For LinearLayout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center          android text  Hello World    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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Use in the XML file   Layout file   lt TextView     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent      android gravity  center      android text   string stringtext   gt    or   Use this inside the Java class  TextView textView   TextView findViewById R id texviewid   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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Try this    lt TextView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android gravity  center    gt

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Easiest way  which is surprisingly only mentioned in comments  hence why I am posting as an answer  is   textview setGravity Gravity CENTER

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We can achieve this with these multiple ways -      XML method 01    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android gravity  center vertical center horizontal      android text   strings text    gt       XML method 02    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android layout centerHorizontal  true      android layout centerVertical  true      android text   strings text    gt       XML method 03    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android gravity  center      android text   strings text    gt       XML method 04    lt TextView       android id    id textView      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  wrap content       android layout centerInParent  true      android text   strings text    gt       Java method 01   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL        Java method 02   textview setGravity Gravity CENTER        Java method 03   textView setTextAlignment View TEXT ALIGNMENT CENTER

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lt TextView android id    id textView  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  wrap content  android gravity  center    gt

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You can do like this to get text centered      lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android gravity  center    gt

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Here is my answer that I had used in my app  It shows text in center of the screen    lt TextView     android id    id txtSubject      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android text   string subject      android layout margin  10dp      android gravity  center      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge    gt

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If the TextView s height and width are wrap content then the text within the TextView always be centered  But if the TextView s width is match parent and height is match parent or wrap content then you have to write the below code    For RelativeLayout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center           android text  Hello World    gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt    For LinearLayout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android gravity  center          android text  Hello World    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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android gravity  center horizontal  for align text Center horizontally  android gravity  center vertical  for align text Center vertically  android gravity  center  for align text Center both vertically and horizontally    lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android gravity  center horizontal center vertical          android layout height  match parent    gt

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Did you try this way    lt TextView android id    id txtVw  android gravity  center    gt

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If you are working with RelativeLayout  try using this property  inside your TextView tag    android layout centerInParent  true

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android layout centerInParent  true    This works when used with a RelativeLayout where the layout s height  amp  width are set to wrap content

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Actually  we can do better by excluding fontPadding    lt TextView   android layout height  wrap content    android layout height  wrap content    android includeFontPadding  false    android textAlignment  center    gt

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I don t think  You really need to do that just define your TextView in layout file like this   lt RelativeLayout     android layout width  width      android layout height  height  gt       lt TextView         android id    id yourid          android layout centerInParent  true          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Your text    gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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If you have only one single TextView into your XML file then you can make the parent view gravity as the centre  This will make your child element in the centre of the screen and then you can make your child view as a wrap for both height and width

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I have added xml snippet to make a textview center alligned in both Linear and Relative Layout   In Linear Layout    lt TextView android layout width  wrap content  android layout height  wrap content  android text  Text In Center  android layout gravity  center  android gravity  center   gt    In Relative Layout   lt TextView android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  android text  Text In Center  android layout centerInParent  true  gt

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Let s say Full Textview in screen    lt TextView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android text  Hello World       android gravity  center        gt    Let s say Textview not full  in Relative layout   lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text  Hello World       android layout centerInParent true       gt    Let s say Textview not full  in Linear layout   lt TextView     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android text  Hello World       android layout gravity  centre        gt

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You can just set the gravity of your textview into CENTER

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Honorable Mention for the Belated GUI I wanted to add some value to this already fantastic thread  And finally after 11 years we now have a way to drag and drop the TextView from the toolbox and select gravity through a GUI Properties box  AND  thankfully the GUI  combines the properties concisely as  quot center vertical center horizontal quot         lt TextView     android text  quot This is my sample text  quot      android layout width  quot match parent quot      android layout height  quot 35 7dp quot      android id  quot   id textView2 quot      android layout marginBottom  quot 24 7dp quot      android typeface  quot sans quot      android textSize  quot 20 quot      android gravity  quot center vertical center horizontal quot    gt

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Easiest way  which is surprisingly only mentioned in comments  hence why I am posting as an answer  is   textview setGravity Gravity CENTER

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You must set the Gravity like this    textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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In my opinion    android gravity  center    is better than    android layout centerInParent  true    which is better than   android layout centerHorizontal  true  android layout centerVertical  true    at least for formatting text

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You can also set it up dynamically using   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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In ConstraintLayout for any view    When you are using a constraint layout  set height  amp  width to 0  and let the constraint to manage view bounds     lt View     android layout width  0dp      android layout height  0dp      app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent      app layout constraintLeft toLeftOf  parent      app layout constraintRight toRightOf  parent      app layout constraintTop toTopOf  parent    gt

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Use Gravity Property in the TextView to center the Text Vertically and Horizontally   android gravity  center

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You must set the Gravity like this    textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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lt LinearLayout         android layout width  match parent          android orientation  vertical          android gravity  center          android layout height  wrap content  gt       lt TextView             android id    id failresults              android layout width  fill parent              android layout height  wrap content              android layout marginTop  3dp              android gravity  center vertical center horizontal              android text                android textSize  12sp    gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    if you have textview inside linearlayout  you need set them both gravity to center

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lt LinearLayout         android layout width  match parent          android orientation  vertical          android gravity  center          android layout height  wrap content  gt       lt TextView             android id    id failresults              android layout width  fill parent              android layout height  wrap content              android layout marginTop  3dp              android gravity  center vertical center horizontal              android text                android textSize  12sp    gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    if you have textview inside linearlayout  you need set them both gravity to center

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Here is solution    lt TextView          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android gravity  center         android text    Your String Value      gt

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The TextView s height and width are wrap content then the text within the textview always be centered  then make center in its parent layout by using    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android layout centerInParent  true          android text  Hello     gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt    For LinearLayout also the code is same     lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android gravity  center  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello     gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    and pro-grammatically parent is RelativeLayout java code this at run time use something like this in your activity  TextView textView1   TextView findViewById R id texView1   RelativeLayout LayoutParams layoutParams   RelativeLayout LayoutParams textView1 getLayoutParams    layoutParams addRule RelativeLayout CENTER IN PARENT  RelativeLayout TRUE   textView1 setLayoutParams layoutParams

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TextView gravity works as per your parent layout   LinearLayout   If you use LinearLayout then you will find two gravity attribute android gravity  amp  android layout gravity  android gravity   represent layout potion of internal text of TextView while android layout gravity   represent TextView position in parent view     If you want to set text horizontally  amp  vertically center then use below code this   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  300dp      android background   android color background light      android layout height  300dp  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android text  Hello World           android gravity  center horizontal          android layout gravity  center vertical          android layout height  wrap content        gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    RelativeLayout   Using RelativeLayout you can use below property in TextView  android gravity  center  for text center in TextView   android gravity  center horizontal  inner text if you want horizontally centered   android gravity  center vertical  inner text if you want vertically centered   android layout centerInParent  true  if you want TextView in center position of parent view  android layout centerHorizontal  true  if you want TextView in horizontally center of parent view  android layout centerVertical  true  if you want TextView in vertically center of parent view    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  300dp      android background   android color background light      android layout height  300dp  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android text  Hello World           android gravity  center          android layout centerInParent  true          android layout height  wrap content        gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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I m assuming you re using XML layout    lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center      android text   string   yourtextstring      gt    You can also use gravity center vertical or center horizontal according to your need   and as  stealthcopter commented  in java   setGravity Gravity CENTER

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And for those wondering how to center it vertically in its TextView element while keeping it on the left  horizontally     android gravity  center  android textAlignment  viewStart

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TextView gravity works as per your parent layout   LinearLayout   If you use LinearLayout then you will find two gravity attribute android gravity  amp  android layout gravity  android gravity   represent layout potion of internal text of TextView while android layout gravity   represent TextView position in parent view     If you want to set text horizontally  amp  vertically center then use below code this   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  300dp      android background   android color background light      android layout height  300dp  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android text  Hello World           android gravity  center horizontal          android layout gravity  center vertical          android layout height  wrap content        gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    RelativeLayout   Using RelativeLayout you can use below property in TextView  android gravity  center  for text center in TextView   android gravity  center horizontal  inner text if you want horizontally centered   android gravity  center vertical  inner text if you want vertically centered   android layout centerInParent  true  if you want TextView in center position of parent view  android layout centerHorizontal  true  if you want TextView in horizontally center of parent view  android layout centerVertical  true  if you want TextView in vertically center of parent view    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  300dp      android background   android color background light      android layout height  300dp  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android text  Hello World           android gravity  center          android layout centerInParent  true          android layout height  wrap content        gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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You can center a Text View using android gravity  center   The code goes as follows       lt TextView      android text   string yourText       android layout height  wrap content       android layout height  wrap content       android gravity  center    gt

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If you have only one single TextView into your XML file then you can make the parent view gravity as the centre  This will make your child element in the centre of the screen and then you can make your child view as a wrap for both height and width

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Use android gravity  center  to resolve your issue

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While using gravity works for TextView  there s an alternate method implemented in API level 17 -   textView setTextAlignment View TEXT ALIGNMENT CENTER     Don t know the difference  but it works too  However only for API level 17 or higher

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Use in the XML file   Layout file   lt TextView     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent      android gravity  center      android text   string stringtext   gt    or   Use this inside the Java class  TextView textView   TextView findViewById R id texviewid   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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There are two ways of doing this   The first in the XML code  You need to pay attention at the Gravity Attribute  You also can find this attribute in the Graphic Editor  it may be easier than the XML EDITOR    lt TextView       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android gravity  center vertical center horizontal      android text  Your Text    gt    For your specific scenario  the values of gravity will be    center vertical center horizontal   In the graphical editor you will find all the possible values  even see their results

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Try this      Using LinearLayout if you are using textview height and width match parent You can set the gravity text to center and text alignment to center text horizontal if you are using textview height and width wrap content then add gravity center attribute in your LinearLayout    XML Code   lt LinearLayout android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  android orientation  vertical  gt    lt TextView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android textAlignment  center      android gravity  center      android textColor   000      android textSize  30sp      android text  Welcome to Android    gt       lt  LinearLayout gt    Java code     You can programatically do like this -    textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL     Thank you

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If that TextView doesn t have the height   width attributes set to wrap content  just use android gravity  center   But some people complain that using that does not work  That s because their layout doesn t have the same gravity  You can set   android layout gravity  center  IN THE TEXTVIEW  this will apply only to the TextView   or  android gravity  center  IN THE PARENT LAYOUT  this will apply to all the views inside it

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You need to set TextView Gravity  Center Horizontal  amp  Center Vertical  like this   android layout centerHorizontal  true       and          android layout centerVertical  true    And dynamically using   textview setGravity Gravity CENTER   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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android gravity  center     This will do the trick

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I don t think  You really need to do that just define your TextView in layout file like this   lt RelativeLayout     android layout width  width      android layout height  height  gt       lt TextView         android id    id yourid          android layout centerInParent  true          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Your text    gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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While using gravity works for TextView  there s an alternate method implemented in API level 17 -   textView setTextAlignment View TEXT ALIGNMENT CENTER     Don t know the difference  but it works too  However only for API level 17 or higher

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You can changeandroid gravity for this   android gravity  center  or   if you want to center horizontal or vertical  android gravity  center horizontal   android gravity  center vertical

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For Linear Layout  In XML use something like this   lt TextView       android id    id textView1      android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android gravity  center vertical center horizontal      android text  Your Text goes here    gt    To do this at run time use something like this in your activity  TextView textView1   TextView findViewById R id texView1   textView1 setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL     For Relative Layout  in XML use some thing like this   lt TextView       android id    id textView1      android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android layout centerInParent  true      android text  Your Text goes here    gt    To do this at run time use something like this in your activity  TextView textView1   TextView findViewById R id texView1   RelativeLayout LayoutParams layoutParams   RelativeLayout LayoutParams textView1 getLayoutParams    layoutParams addRule RelativeLayout CENTER IN PARENT  RelativeLayout TRUE   textView1 setLayoutParams layoutParams

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android gravity  centre     This would help you to centre the textview

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Apply gravity         TextView txtView    TextView  findViewById R id txtView   txtView setGravity Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL     For vertical         txtView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL     In XML    lt TextView           android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android gravity  center      android text   string Hello World            gt

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If you are trying to center text on a TableRow in a TableLayout  here is how I achieved this    lt TableRow android id    id rowName            android layout width  wrap content            android layout height  wrap content            android padding  5dip   gt       lt TextView android id    id lblSomeLabel                android layout width  fill parent                android layout height  fill parent                android gravity  center                android layout width  0dp                android layout weight  100                android text  Your Text Here    gt   lt  TableRow gt

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You can also set it up dynamically using   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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You can also use the combination   android gravity  left center    Then  if textview width is more than  fill parent  the text will still be aligned to left  not centered as with gravity set only to  center

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lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto  gt            lt TextView             android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android text  HELLO              android textColor   color colorPrimaryDark              app layout constraintEnd toEndOf  parent              app layout constraintTop toTopOf  parent              app layout constraintStart toStartOf  parent              app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent   gt     lt  android support constraint ConstraintLayout gt

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For kotlin  If you want to center your TextView from code  textView gravity   Gravity CENTER  If you want to horizontally center  textView gravity   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL  Or  vertically center  textView gravity   Gravity CENTER VERTICAL

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try this       lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center    gt

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You need to set TextView Gravity  Center Horizontal  amp  Center Vertical  like this   android layout centerHorizontal  true       and          android layout centerVertical  true    And dynamically using   textview setGravity Gravity CENTER   textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL

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You can programatically do this in java with  textview setGravity Gravity CENTER

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Did you try this way    lt TextView android id    id txtVw  android gravity  center    gt

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android gravity  center     This will do the trick

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Use Gravity Property in the TextView to center the Text Vertically and Horizontally   android gravity  center

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Try this way it will work              lt LinearLayout                 android layout width  quot match parent quot                  android layout height  quot wrap content quot                  android orientation  quot vertical quot                  android gravity  quot center quot  gt                                      lt TextView                     android layout width  quot wrap content quot                      android layout height  quot wrap content quot                      android textAlignment  quot center quot                        gt                lt  LinearLayout gt

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If you are making your text view width and height to wrap content then you have to manage it s position via layout gravity according to the parent supported attributes  Else you can do     lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center   gt

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Try this      Using LinearLayout if you are using textview height and width match parent You can set the gravity text to center and text alignment to center text horizontal if you are using textview height and width wrap content then add gravity center attribute in your LinearLayout    XML Code   lt LinearLayout android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  android orientation  vertical  gt    lt TextView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android textAlignment  center      android gravity  center      android textColor   000      android textSize  30sp      android text  Welcome to Android    gt       lt  LinearLayout gt    Java code     You can programatically do like this -    textView setGravity Gravity CENTER VERTICAL   Gravity CENTER HORIZONTAL     Thank you

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In my opinion    android gravity  center    is better than    android layout centerInParent  true    which is better than   android layout centerHorizontal  true  android layout centerVertical  true    at least for formatting text

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There are 2 ways to do this    1  From Xml      use              lt TextView                            android gravity  center   gt   2  From Java class     use           textview  setGravity Gravity CENTER

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I m assuming you re using XML layout    lt TextView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android gravity  center      android text   string   yourtextstring      gt    You can also use gravity center vertical or center horizontal according to your need   and as  stealthcopter commented  in java   setGravity Gravity CENTER

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use the below code in xml it worked for me you can change the orientation it will be in the centre   lt LinearLayout         android layout width  match parent          android orientation  horizontal          android background   color colorPrimaryDark          android gravity  center          android layout height  wrap content  gt           lt TextView             android id    id id text              android layout width  wrap content              android textSize  18sp              android textColor   android color white              android textStyle  normal              android layout height  wrap content              android text  centre me   gt       lt  LinearLayout gt

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Here is my answer that I had used in my app  It shows text in center of the screen    lt TextView     android id    id txtSubject      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android text   string subject      android layout margin  10dp      android gravity  center      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge    gt

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Here is solution    lt TextView          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android gravity  center         android text    Your String Value      gt

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Set the gravity attribute in the layout file as android gravity  center

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