Change ellipsize character

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How can I change dots to commas/stars when using ellipsize (textview) in Android?

Example with dots: Lorem Ipsum is simply dum...

Example with stars: Lorem Ipsum is simply dum***

`s = s.replace("\u22EF", "***");` or `s = s.replace("...", "***");`; everything else is hard. — Joop Eggen, Apr 21 '22 at 09:39
check this answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/18738234/9946202 — Freny Christian, Apr 21 '22 at 10:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '22 at 10:14

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You cannot. The ellipsis strings are hardcoded in the platform TextUtils and StaticLayout is where ellipsizing happens. Obtaining the text content from a TextView does not come with the ellipsis chars in place.

In theory you could cook up your own ellipsizer that modifies the string to truncate the way you want before passing it to TextView.

answered Apr 21 '22 at 10:14

laalto

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Right. But a custom library can do the task – Sambhav Khandelwal Apr 21 '22 at 10:16
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Yes, that's someone else cooking up the ellipsizer for you. – laalto Apr 21 '22 at 10:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '22 at 10:15

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You can use this library by TheCodeYard. You can use all the ellipse types with a custom ellipse text. This is a sample image of that library:

answered Apr 21 '22 at 10:15

Sambhav Khandelwal

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