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I need my EditText hint to fit single line and at the same time to display the whole its text content. Any ways to do that? This is not very useful because it just cuts the end of the text.

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    Did you try this - `android:ellipsize="marquee"` [Try to see here](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:ellipsize) And, show me your `EditText` data in xml also – Praveenkumar Jun 20 '12 at 13:06
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    @SpK Java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: EditText cannot use the ellipsize mode TextUtils.TruncateAt.MARQUEE – Yury Pogrebnyak Jun 20 '12 at 13:18

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Any ways to do that?

AFAIK, the hint is shown at the same text size as is whatever the user types. So, choose a smaller text size, perhaps based on screen size and density, that should be small enough to show everything.

Or, write a shorter hint.

Or, don't use a hint, but use a TextView label to document the EditText.

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