Android floating fixed width text effect

Question

I do not know how to name such effect but here is what I wan't to achieve. And I wonder if it's possible to do that just with xml layouts.

I have 2 text views. Text_View_A Text_View_B

Text_View_A has ellipsize enabled.

I want that Text_View_B would always be to the right of Text_View_A enter image description here

but also so that Text_View_A would be to the left of Text_View_B and ellipsize would kick in if there is not enough room for it.
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Is it possible to achieve that with just layouting? Or do I have to do manual calculations?

This post is poorly written, if you would like to be helped; revise. — Evan Bashir, Dec 13 '13 at 22:20
found solution in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3228312/ellipsize-only-a-section-in-a-textview — Martynas Jurkus, Dec 17 '13 at 12:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 14 '13 at 09:31

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You can use relative layout and set Text_View_B to parentRight true and set Text_View_A toLeft of Text_View_B.

    <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/Text_View_B"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />

    <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/Text_View_A"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/Text_View_B" />
</RelativeLayout>

edited Dec 14 '13 at 09:31

Harshid

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answered Dec 14 '13 at 07:11

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Bit that will always make Text_View_B stick to the right of the screen, while I need it to stick to the Text_View_A. – Martynas Jurkus Dec 14 '13 at 07:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '13 at 09:47

<LinearLayout>
      <TextView android:id="@+id/textview_1" android:weight="7" />
      <TextView android:weight="3"/>
</LinearLayout>

textview_1.measure(View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
textview_1.setMaxWidth(textview_1.getMeasuredWidth());

try this.

Android floating fixed width text effect

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