android.widget.TextView.setTextAlignment(): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError

Question

Situation:

I have a TextView that have the property

android:textAlignment="center"

I am generating another TextView dinamically, based on my TextView from XML Layout, using a clone, cloning all the basic properties to work the way above.

Problem:

To do this i need to use this method:

this.myTextView.setMyTextViewProperty(MyTextView.getMyTextViewProperty());

for example:

this.MyTextView.setText(MyTextView.getText());

Note that this.MyTextViewis a local variable and MyTextView is a private var declared on the top of the file, under class name.

I do this on all the properties of the TextView but when i hit the following line of code from the TextAlignment property...:

this.myTextView.setTextAlignment(View.TEXT_ALIGNMENT_CENTER);

I tried to set it to a Custom Aligment instead of getting from my XML TextView It gives me an error:

11-20 15:27:04.460: E/AndroidRuntime(9185): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-20 15:27:04.460: E/AndroidRuntime(9185): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.widget.TextView.setTextAlignment

But i see on Ctrl + Space that the method exists, so i cant understand what is happening.

A second try was, to set my TextView property to the property that comes from my TextView:

this.myTextView.setTextAlignment(MyTextView.getTextAlignment());

With no success, too.

Obs: i do not want a Android XML Layout solution, i want a solution on code, because i generate the `TextView` dinamically on the `Activity`

I'm using API Level 15

Any help?

It is available in api levle 17. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setTextAlignment(int) and that's why the error. — Raghunandan, Nov 20 '13 at 17:49

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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The setTextAlignment method was added in API level 17. Maybe your compiler in the IDE is above 17 and the device/emulator which you are testing is less than that. Here the link to setTextAlignment.

Added from the comments:

For API level 15 and below, you want setGravity, per this question.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Ok, this was helpful, but what i can do to align my `TextView` assuming that i use a API Level 15 Device? – Paulo Roberto Rosa Nov 20 '13 at 17:49
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@PauloRoberto looking for this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432037/how-do-i-center-text-horizontally-and-vertical-in-a-textview-in-android – Raghunandan Nov 20 '13 at 17:53
@Raghunandan this dont solve my problem because i need to set it programatically, and i have the same error if i try to set/get the `Gravity` of my `TextView` – Paulo Roberto Rosa Nov 20 '13 at 17:56
@PauloRoberto how did you try setting the gravity programatically. show the code. – Raghunandan Nov 20 '13 at 17:59
i do not remember exactly, can you show me how to do that, so i will try again – Paulo Roberto Rosa Nov 20 '13 at 18:05
@Raghunandan i edited my whole question and voted to be re-opened, you can see it later if you want, and your comment is correct, all the problem was API Level. – Paulo Roberto Rosa Jan 21 '14 at 13:14

android.widget.TextView.setTextAlignment(): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError

Situation:

Problem:

Obs: i do not want a Android XML Layout solution, i want a solution on code, because i generate the TextView dinamically on the Activity

I'm using API Level 15

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Obs: i do not want a Android XML Layout solution, i want a solution on code, because i generate the `TextView` dinamically on the `Activity`