How to use textview.getLayout()? It returns null

Question

I’m trying set a layout for textview so I can use getEllipsisCount() method. But below code returns null as layout value. How can I take layout and

Answer 1

First, I do not know if it is a typo or it is intentional but you have declared a "settext" method instead of the predefined setText. However to get a reference of your layout I suggest you the following:

LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();

RelativeLayout textViewLayout = (RelativeLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_main,null);

if (textViewLayout != null) {
    mytextview.setText("very good layout worked\n");
}

supposing that your TextView belongs to a RelativeLayout.