How to increase the spacing between lines in a textview.?

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How to increase the spacing between lines in a textview in android?

can you show which format you want? – Ram kiran Pachigolla Jul 20 '12 at 08:51 — Ram kiran Pachigolla, Jul 20 '12 at 08:51

score 183 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '12 at 08:51

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from code you can use textView.setLineSpacing() or from xml you can use android:lineSpacingExtra

answered Jul 20 '12 at 08:51

Buda Gavril

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what will be the value – Prasad Apr 07 '15 at 06:11
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@Prasad: Try reading Android documentation [android:lineSpacingExtra](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:lineSpacingExtra) – V_J Jul 30 '15 at 14:31
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android:lineSpacingExtra="-5dp". Negative values works. – felixwcf Sep 28 '16 at 16:33

score 99 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 20 '12 at 09:02

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You can use lineSpacingExtra and lineSpacingMultiplier in your XML file.

android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.2"

or a number greater than 1

android:lineSpacingExtra="xxdp"

answered Jul 20 '12 at 09:02

Pravitha V

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A much better answer with more specifications – Ghasem May 23 '18 at 06:26
Be careful while using android:lineSpacingMultiplier. As value less than 1 will results into last line of Textview being cut of in sdk versions less than 21 – Bhargav Thanki Sep 14 '19 at 05:33

Ionică Bizău · Answer 3 · 2012-08-14T14:40:55.537

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You can use this: lineSpacingExtra="xxdp"

edited Aug 14 '12 at 14:40

answered Jul 20 '12 at 08:52

Ionică Bizău

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