Android, How to limit width of TextView (and add three dots at the end of text)?

Question

I have a TextView that I want to limit characters of it. Actually, I can do this but the thing that I\'m looking for is how to add three dots (...) at the end o

Answer 1

I am using Horizonal Recyclerview.
1) Here in CardView, TextView gets distorted vertically when using

android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"

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2) But when I used singleLine along with ellipsize -

android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"

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2nd solution worked for me properly (using singleLine). Also I have tested in OS version: 4.1 and above (till 8.0), it's working fine without any crashes.

Answer 2

I think you give fix height and width of text view. Then your solution will work.

Answer 3

you can do that by xml:

<TextView 
    android:id="@+id/textview"
    android:maxLines="1" // or any number of lines you want
    android:ellipsize="end"
    />

Answer 4

Simple for three dots

android:layout_width="100dp" <!--your dp or match_parent or 0dp>
android:maxLines="2" <!--count your line>
android:ellipsize="end"

Answer 5

you can write this line in xml where you take the textview :

android:singleLine="true"

Answer 6

Apart from

android:ellipsize="end" 
android:maxLines="1"

you should set

android:layout_width="0dp"

also know as "match constraint", because the wrap_content value just expands the box to fit the whole text, and the ellipsize property can't make its effect.