Android - Expandable TextView with Animation

Question

I have a TextView which firstly shows a small portion of a long text.

The user can press a \"see more\" button to expand the TextView and s

Answer 1

You can use the new TransitionManager for the animation and calling the maxLines attribute to set the amount

fun toggleReadMoreTextView(linesWhenCollapsed: Float) {
    if (viewDataBinding.textView.maxLines != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
        // exapand
        viewDataBinding.textView.maxLines = Integer.MAX_VALUE
    } else {
        // collapse
        viewDataBinding.textView.maxLines = linesWhenCollapsed
    }
    // start animation
    TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition(viewDataBinding.constraintLayout)
}