Creating a multiline TextView

Question

I have a TextView that should be 4 lines long .

First line text should be "YES"
Second Line ="No"
Third Line = "true"
Fourth line + "false"

How can this be done with a single TextView?

first post your code what have you tried – Niranj Patel May 30 '12 at 11:13 — Niranj Patel, May 30 '12 at 11:13
dude if my answer is helpful to u then u can vote up – Ronak Mehta Jan 17 '13 at 12:58 — Ronak Mehta, Jan 17 '13 at 12:58

Ronak Mehta · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-14T16:44:55.223

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try following for multiline TextView.

<TextView 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:maxLines="4" 
    android:singleLine="false" 
    android:text="YES\nNo\ntrue\nfalse" />

You can try \n to set text in next line.

edited May 14 '17 at 16:44

answered May 30 '12 at 11:25

Ronak Mehta

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Can I make it multiple lines, but show 4 lines and if overflowed, show scroll or swipe up/down? – khunshan Mar 24 '14 at 06:14
Yes you can assign as many lines as required and you have to set textview inside scrollview to make it moveable. – Ronak Mehta Mar 25 '14 at 10:08

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '12 at 11:14

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Try this:

<TextView android:id="@+id/text"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:lines="4"
    android:text="YES\nNo\ntrue\nfalse" />

answered May 30 '12 at 11:14

Simon

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Creating a multiline TextView

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