Android minLines and maxLines aren't working together in same TextView

Question

Here I have only 1 item in ListView and I'm showing two different TextViews of different colors at the end of the ListView item.

But the issue is I wanna show maximum 3 lines of each TextView but it's not providing me a good result if length of TextView is small. But it works well if text is large.

When I add android:maxLines="3" and text is small, it destroys my layout like

And when I add android:minLines="2" and text is large, it shows complete text like

Give me a way to overcome this problem. My each TextView looks like:

  <TextView
            android:id="@+id/tv_previous_story"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="3dp"
            android:maxLines="3"
            android:textColor="@color/text_color"
            android:textSize="@dimen/privacy_text_size" />

I'm having the same issue where if I set min and max it only ever makes it min line length. Have you found a fix? — JPM, Oct 17 '16 at 21:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 08:09

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If you want to fix the number of lines ex: 3 just use android:lines="3" in xml.

answered Feb 04 '16 at 08:09

Ragesh Ramesh

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Amit Vaghela · Answer 2 · 2016-02-04T08:34:57.167

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Change android:layout_width="match_parent",

<TextView
                    android:id="@+id/tv_previous_story"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_margin="3dp"
                    android:ellipsize="none"
                    android:maxLines="3"
                    android:singleLine="false"
                    android:textColor="@color/black"
                    android:textSize="@dimen/font_normal_size" />

OR

tv_previous_story.setMaxLines(3);

edited Feb 04 '16 at 08:34

answered Feb 04 '16 at 08:13

Amit Vaghela

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Unfortunately, it didn't work and it took some extra space also – Siri Feb 04 '16 at 08:20
what is problem in textview now ?@Anshul – Amit Vaghela Feb 04 '16 at 08:24
it took extra space in 3rd line if text is small and I don't want that. – Siri Feb 04 '16 at 08:27
remove android:lines="3" and check @Anshul – Amit Vaghela Feb 04 '16 at 08:34

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 08:13

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If you want to fix the TextView text use :

android:ems="10"

or any value you want in place of 10. android:ems or setEms(n) sets the width of a TextView to fit a text of n 'M' letters regardless of the actual text extension and text size.

answered Feb 04 '16 at 08:13

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Android minLines and maxLines aren't working together in same TextView

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