Android: avoid breaking line in TextView String parts

Question

I would like to avoid breaking lines in specifical parts of the String.

Let's say we have this String:

Speed (m/s)

The ideal would be either not jumping at all and having the full String in one line, or, if the jump is needed, in this way:

Speed
(m/s)

What I want to avoid are thing like this:

Speed (m/
s)

Any ideas?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6134457/how-to-prevent-edittext-from-breaking-a-line-after-punctuation — laalto, Aug 28 '13 at 08:02

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '13 at 19:08

11

Try to use non-breaking space between the Speed and "(m/s)". The Unicode no-break space character (\u00A0) should work for TextView.

answered Aug 27 '13 at 19:08

YX1990

4

The problem here is that there is no space in "(m/s)", but Android is splitting it... – apascual Aug 27 '13 at 20:23
1

Since the "(m/s)" is not a word, android cannot wrap it automatically. This problem looks trickier than the space and word wrap issues.. Here is a question which is similar to yours, maybe you can refer the answer that is accepted. They override the `TextView`with a few modifications. [Similar Question's Link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15981941/how-to-control-when-textview-sends-string-to-new-line?rq=1) – YX1990 Aug 27 '13 at 21:43
And note that for some languages like Korean, Chinese, etc, there are no spaces in between. So this this only works for languages that use spaces. – Tianyao 'Till' Chen Jan 22 '21 at 13:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '13 at 18:46

0

Try this (just an idea, not tested):

answered Aug 27 '13 at 18:46

malefiz

I was looking more for a general case... I could get difficult if having several lines and rules at the same time... – apascual Aug 27 '13 at 20:22

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