TextView will not center its content

Question

<TextView
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:text="@string/list_title"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:textSize="@dimen/title_size"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:id="@+id/list_title"
        />

Is the first element in a RelativeLayout :

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center">

But the text in the TextView will not center. I cannot understand why as all gravities and the textAlignment property are set to "center".

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Add android:gravity="center" to your textView

Answer 2

Try this:

<TextView
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:text="@string/list_title"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:textSize="@dimen/title_size"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:id="@+id/list_title"
        />