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I see that there are 4 different values to android:ellipsize:
none,start,mid,end and marquee
What is the meaning and effect of setting each of these?
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According to McCarthy (1991:43) there are three types of ellipsis, they consist of: (1) nominal ellipsis, (2) verbal ellipsis, (3) clausal ellipsis.
Ellipsis points are periods in groups of usually three, or sometimes four. They signal either that something has been omitted from quoted text, or that a speaker or writer has paused or trailed off in speech or thought. That's the basics.
According to Apple, “Use an ellipsis whenever choosing a menu item requires additional input from the user. The ellipsis character (…) means a dialog or separate window will open and prompt the user for additional information or to make a choice.”
An ellipsis is a set of three periods ( . . . ) indicating an omission. Each period should have a single space on either side, except when adjacent to a quotation mark, in which case there should be no space.
See the below image to know how android:ellipsize works 
I have used following xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="none" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="start" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="middle" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="end" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" /> </LinearLayout> If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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