Wraping TextView When Text Goes Longer Then One Line

Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:orientation="horizontal"
   android:gravity="center"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content">


<ProgressBar android:id="@+android:id/progress_small"
    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleSmall"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:textSize="15sp"
   android:gravity="center"
   android:text="LOREM IPSUM BAB BABALOREM IPSUM BAB BABALOREM"
   />

</LinearLayout>

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How to remove the Gap between L of Lorem and the progress bar ? I want text to be center aligned only.

textview width is wrap content. But there is gap on both the side. How to get rid of that ?

Neither i am looking to single line it. as i don't want to miss any word it is showing.

Neither i am looking to left align it

I dont think you can achieve what you're aiming for on purpose, i think it comes down to how android wraps the words etc, adding a short word might push the first line more to the left. Thats at least whats happens on my S2 — Stupidus, Dec 05 '12 at 12:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 11:41

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In your textView make this changes ::

<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:textSize="15sp"
          android:gravity="center"
          android:singleLine="True"  
          android:text="LOREM IPSUM BAB BABALOREM IPSUM BAB BABALOREM"/>

answered Dec 05 '12 at 11:41

AndroidLearner

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I don't want it to be single line. It should wrap to next line with center gravity – Rohit Sharma Dec 05 '12 at 11:44
This is not what i am looking for :( – Rohit Sharma Dec 05 '12 at 11:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 11:56

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Try

android:gravity="center|left"

answered Dec 05 '12 at 11:56

Stupidus

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So you want the first line, to be left-aligned/all to the left, and the second line should be center/still in the middle ? – Stupidus Dec 05 '12 at 12:00
no exactly. i want text to be centered but progressbar to touch near L of Lorem – Rohit Sharma Dec 05 '12 at 12:02
would love a screenshot to see what you're aiming for – Stupidus Dec 05 '12 at 12:13

Mani · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-07T07:30:38.043

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style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"

Setting the weight of progressBar to 1 and width to 0dp you can get desired result but cannot guarantee that it will work in all screen dimensions

EDIT:

With the above changes, I was able to get the desired output.

Result of above changes

edited Dec 07 '12 at 07:30

answered Dec 05 '12 at 12:05

Mani

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Mani, ya it looked like what you just posted. But try reducing the length of the string and see that gap to become more prominent again. – Rohit Sharma Dec 07 '12 at 17:14
The text length is dynamic – Rohit Sharma Dec 07 '12 at 17:15

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 12:45

try using this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">


<ProgressBar android:id="@+id/ProgressDisplay"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/ProgressDisplay"
    android:gravity="left"
    android:text="LOREM IPSUM BAB BABALOREM IPSUM BAB BABALOREM"
    android:textSize="15sp" />

</RelativeLayout>

Wraping TextView When Text Goes Longer Then One Line

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