Text does not ellipsize

Question

I have a TextView set to ellipsize but when I put the text in it doesn\'t do so. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You need to match the settings for android can correctly calculate the position of the object. Has several possible combinations, and depends on the rest of the layout is on the same line.

This is a combination that works:

android:layout_width="0dip" // dynamic width
android:layout_weight="1"   // less weight, other objects still "0"
android:ellipsize="end"     // ... into end of text (right)
android:singleLine="true"   // one line, deprecated, but necessary for some ambients
android:maxLines="1"        // one line, new mode

In summary, you indicate the weight, if you use dynamic layout, or just a fixed size, then indicates to only have one line and configures how "..." is displayed.