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

Have you defined a layout margin? For example:

android:layout_marginTop="5dp"

Otherwise, if your text view is wrapped inside a LinearLayout or other container, then that cold have either padding or a margin too.