Ellipsize not working for textView inside custom listView

Question

I have a listView with custom objects defined by the xml-layout below. I want the textView with id "info" to be ellipsized on a single line, and I've tried using the attributes

android:singleLine="true" android:ellipsize="end" 

without success.

If I set the layout_width to a fixed width like e.g.

android:layout_width="100px" 

the text is truncated fine. But for portability reasons this is not an acceptable solution.

Can you spot the problem?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingBottom="5px" > <TextView   android:id="@+id/destination" android:layout_width="fill_parent"  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="22dp" android:paddingLeft="5px" />  <TextView   android:id="@+id/date" android:layout_width="fill_parent"  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="15dp" android:paddingLeft="5px" />  <TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/info_table" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingLeft="5px" android:paddingTop="10px"  >     <TableRow>         <TextView             android:id="@+id/driver_label"             android:gravity="right"             android:paddingRight="5px"             android:text="@string/driver_label" />         <TextView             android:id="@+id/driver" />     </TableRow>     <TableRow>         <TextView             android:id="@+id/passenger_label"             android:gravity="right"             android:paddingRight="5px"             android:text="@string/passenger_label" />         <TextView             android:id="@+id/passengers" />     </TableRow>     <TableRow>         <TextView             android:id="@+id/info_label"             android:gravity="right"             android:paddingRight="5px"              android:text="@string/info_label"/>         <TextView             android:id="@+id/info"             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:singleLine="true"             android:ellipsize="end" />     </TableRow> </TableLayout>  

Answer 1

Without using deprecated properties, the following lines work great for me

android:ellipsize="end"  android:lines="1" android:scrollHorizontally="true" 

ref http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=882#c9

Answer 2

Ellipsize is broken (go vote on the bug report, especially since they claim it's not reproducible) so you have to use a minor hack. Use:

android:inputType="text" android:maxLines="1" 

on anything you want to ellipsize. Also, don't use singleLine, it's been deprecated.

UPDATE:

On closer inspection, the problem you're having is that your table is extending off the right side of the screen. Changing your TableLayout definition to:

<TableLayout     android:id="@+id/info_table"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:paddingLeft="5px"     android:paddingTop="10px"     android:shrinkColumns="1"> 

should fix that problem, then do what I said above to ellipsize your TextView.