android append '...' at the end textview

Question

I have a View to that I need to add some text. The used View is:

<TextView 
  android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" 
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:gravity="center_vertical"
  android:layout_gravity="center" 
  android:maxLines="3"
  android:layout_height="70dp" 
  android:textColor="#000000"
  android:textSize="12dp" />

The problem i have is, if this text contains more than 3 line it just shows three line but no indication that it cut some line.
I want to append '...' at end of third line if it cut some data.

You got 3 correct answers, you should really mark one as accepted. — blindstuff, Oct 25 '10 at 18:26

score 51 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '10 at 17:01

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<TextView android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" 
   android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
   android:gravity="center_vertical" 
   android:layout_gravity="center" 
   android:maxLines="3" 
   android:layout_height="70dp" 
   android:textColor="#000000" 
   android:textSize="12dp" 
   android:ellipsize="end"/>

Use this code and it will work fine, the code android:ellipsize="end" will change this for you.

answered Oct 25 '10 at 17:01

Samuel

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This won't work. The documentation states: If set, causes words that are longer than the view is wide to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle. In my test this causes a four line text view to stop displaying Text after the second line because at the end of the second line a word should be broken in the middle. Ellipsize won't put dots on the end of the textview after the third line. – Janusz Jan 04 '11 at 13:37
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This will work with android:singleLine="true" , not with android:maxLines – matreshkin Jun 14 '13 at 07:24
Worked for me. no issues. – Safvan 7 Aug 01 '14 at 11:29

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '10 at 16:45

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android:ellipsize="end"

answered Oct 25 '10 at 16:45

fedj

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add android:scrollHorizontally="true" – fedj Oct 26 '10 at 15:41

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '23 at 16:33

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It's not working if only we add android:ellipsize="end", we also need to add android:maxLines="3".

answered Mar 25 '23 at 16:33

no_username

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 04 '11 at 13:38

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<TextView
 android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:gravity="center_vertical"
 android:layout_gravity="center" 
 android:maxLines="3"
 android:layout_height="70dp" 
 android:textColor="#000000"
 android:textSize="12dp" 
 android:ellipsize="end"/>

add android:ellipsize="end"

edited Jan 04 '11 at 13:38

Janusz

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answered Oct 25 '10 at 16:46

blindstuff

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Thanks for that answer but still i have some problem and i posted on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4021293/android-append-at-the-end-textview-edit – Labeeb Panampullan Oct 26 '10 at 10:56

android append '...' at the end textview

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