Remove space between stacked TextViews

Question

I have a vertical LinearLayout with two TextView inside it. The former contains a static text property (it\'s text never change) and the last conta

Answer 1

Make baseline of the text equal to the bottom of the TextView.

public class BaselineTextView extends TextView {

    public BaselineTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        int yOffset = getHeight() - getBaseline();
        canvas.translate(0, yOffset);
        super.onDraw(canvas);
    }

}

NOTE: To avoid chopping off descenders call setClipChildren(false) on your TextView's parent ViewGroup (android:clipChildren="false" in XML).