Limit numbers of lines in TextView

Question

I have a scrollable textView, and I want to limit the number of lines displayed, however xml properties are not working :

Answer 1

Find your textview by id:

TextView myTextBox=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textBox);

Now use the setMaxLines function and assign the number of lines you require in it,say 20.

myTextBox.setMaxLines(20);

This limits your text box to show 20 lines only.