TextView Ellipsize (…) not working

Question

I want to have a single lined TextView to show up 3 dots at the end when the text is longer than the TextView. I don\'t know why - but I don\'t get

Answer 1

Add this in your xml for the TextView:

        android:maxWidth="200dp" 
        android:maxLines="1" 

As

        android:singleLine="true"  

is deprecated.