TextView Ellipsize (...) not working

Question

I want to have a single lined TextView to show up 3 dots at the end when the text is longer than the TextView. I don't know why - but I don't get it.

I already wrapped my head around similar StackOverflow questions, but I ended up with no solution. Maybe someone has some useful hints.

<LinearLayout      android:layout_height="wrap_content"      android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:orientation="vertical">      <TextView          android:textStyle="bold"          android:text="Full Name"          android:layout_height="wrap_content"          android:textSize="16sp"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"          android:id="@+id/lName"         android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"          android:maxLines="1"         android:ellipsize="end"/> </LinearLayout> 

The LinearLayout above is nested into 2 other LinearLayouts. Maybe this is important to know. I already tried the attribute "singleLine" too, but some say this is deprecated and it doesnt work anyway.

Answer 1

Add the following styles in your styles file (typically styles.xml):

<style name="autoscroll">     <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>     <item name="android:ellipsize">marquee</item>     <item name="android:marqueeRepeatLimit">marquee_forever</item>     <item name="android:focusable">true</item>     <item name="android:focusableInTouchMode">true</item>     <item name="android:scrollHorizontally">true</item> </style> 

Then add the style @style/autoscroll to your TextView:

<TextView android:id="@+id/lName"       style="@style/autoscroll" /> 

You can reuse your autoscroll feature easily when you want this way.

Answer 2

Add this in your xml for the TextView:

        android:maxWidth="200dp"          android:maxLines="1"  

As

        android:singleLine="true"   

is deprecated.