how to set ellipsize to two lines or multilines of textview in java android

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I need to set ellipsize=end to TextView which is allowed to expand on two lines. I've tried this code:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/carouselTitle"
    android:layout_width="228dp"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="90dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="4.5dp"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:maxLines="2"
    android:textSize="24sp"
    android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>

Please reply with an example.

see this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2160619/android-ellipsize-multiline-textview — Zaz Gmy, Apr 30 '12 at 11:52

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '12 at 11:38

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<TextView 
 android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
 android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
 android:ellipsize="marquee" 
 android:singleLine="false" 
 android:maxLines="2"   
 android:text="here is my text" />

answered Apr 30 '12 at 11:38

Furqi

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '15 at 13:41

This one will be work:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/carouselTitle"
    android:layout_width="228dp"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="90dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="4.5dp"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:maxLines="2"
    android:singleLine="false"
    android:textSize="24sp"
    android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>

The only thing you missed is android:singleLine="false".

And I recommend to put android:gravity="center_vertical" for better UI. If the text just on one line, it will be center vertically.

how to set ellipsize to two lines or multilines of textview in java android

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