How to remove the top and bottom space on textview of Android

Question

When I include the below XML to layout file, I can see the below image. If you see it, you could realize that the TextView has top and bot

Answer 1

I faced the same problem. Here's a good answer: How to align the text to top of TextView?

But code is little unfinished and don't support all font sizes. Change the line

int additionalPadding = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 5, getContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

to

int additionalPadding = getTextSize() - getLineHeight();

Complete C# code (mono) removes top offset:

public class TextControl : TextView {
    public TextControl (Context context) : base (context)
    {
        SetIncludeFontPadding (false);
        Gravity = GravityFlags.Top;
    }

    protected override void OnDraw (Android.Graphics.Canvas canvas)
    {
        if (base.Layout == null)
            return;

        Paint.Color = new Android.Graphics.Color (CurrentTextColor);
        Paint.DrawableState = GetDrawableState ();

        canvas.Save ();

        var offset = TextSize - LineHeight;
        canvas.Translate (0, offset);

        base.Layout.Draw (canvas);

        canvas.Restore ();
    }
}