Prevent TextView from wrapping in parent

Question

How do I prevent a TextView, or any visual object, from wrapping to the screen and instead have them chopped off the sides? Is there some XML attribute or code to do this or

Answer 1

check out android:maxLines="1" and if you want to add ending ... add also android:ellipsize="end"

<TextView
   android:id="@+id/name"
   android:text="i want this to crop not wrap"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:maxLines="1"
   android:ellipsize="end" />

android:singleLine="true" was deprecated in API Level 3.

Answer 2

You're looking for android:singleLine="true".

Answer 3

Have you checked out android:scrollHorizontally. There is also a HorizontalScrollView if that doesn't work.

Answer 4

And in java code it's:

textView.setSingleLine();

Answer 5

textView.setHorizontallyScrolling(true); worked for me.