What is meant by Ems (related to a TextView)? For example in
android:ems setEms(int)
Makes the TextView be exactly this many ems wide.
android:ems is the number of 'M' occurrences in a EditText field. it points to its width.
Advertisements. A EditText is an overlay over TextView that configures itself to be editable. It is the predefined subclass of TextView that includes rich editing capabilities.
Android Ellipsize Android TextView ellipsize property Causes words in the text that are longer than the view's width to be ellipsized ( means to shorten text using an ellipsis, i.e. three dots …) instead of broken in the middle to fit it inside the given view.
EditText is used for user input. TextView is used to display text and is not editable by the user. TextView can be updated programatically at any time.
android:ems
or setEms(n)
sets the width of a TextView to fit a text of n 'M' letters regardless of the actual text extension and text size. See wikipedia Em unit
but only when the layout_width
is set to "wrap_content"
. Other layout_width
values override the ems width setting.
Adding an android:textSize
attribute determines the physical width of the view to the textSize * length of a text of n 'M's set above.
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