Marquee TextView on App Widget

Question

I am developing an AppWidget where I need a TextView to display text as a marquee. I have tried using the following code (as one would do in a regular Activity), but the text does not scroll.

<TextView
    android:layout_width="150dip" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/marquee_forever"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever" />

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Answer 1

You required to add the following properties in xml for marquee:

    android:singleLine="true" 
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit ="marquee_forever"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

Answer 2

The marquee will appear when the content of the Textview should be larger than width.Make sure the input occupies the greater space than width.