Limit the Length of TextView

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Limit text length of EditText in Android

I am a textView on Activity, which is being displayed as per the parameter it is receiving from the JSON response, I need to restrict it to 12 characters only.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textViewName"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/includeheadersetting"
    android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:text="Name"
    android:textColor="#000000"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

score 86 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 07 '17 at 17:09

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Use android:maxLength="12" to limit the text length

 <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textViewName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/includeheadersetting"
            android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Name"
            android:maxLength="12"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

You can also use another property as follows:

android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"

Using this property "..." will be added end of the text as follows:

"Hello How are ..." instead of "Hello How are you?"

edited Feb 07 '17 at 17:09

Jay Atkinson

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answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:07

Niranj Patel

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line 1: "hello how are" line 2 :"you" instaed of hello how are you – Prasad Oct 15 '14 at 13:04
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android:singleLine="true" is deprecated. You have to used android:maxLines="1" instead – kles4eko Aug 03 '16 at 14:54

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 29 '12 at 11:14

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Generally speaking only including android:maxLength is not considered good idea.

Use maxLength attribute, then use the android:ellipsize="marquee" to add a "..." automatically to the end of any line that has been cut-off.

<TextView 
    android:id="@+id/txtView" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:maxLines="1" 
    android:maxLength="10" 
    android:ellipsize="marquee"/>

edited Oct 29 '12 at 11:14

Dipak Keshariya

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answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:09

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android:ellipsize="end" add a "..." not "marequee". http://stackoverflow.com/a/20511174/2469427 – Sinan Dizdarević Dec 18 '14 at 08:56

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:06

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add code like

android:maxLength="12"

answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:06

Devangi Desai

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:32

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Add the following max length parameter to your text view-

android:maxLength="12"

whatever the limit you want you can replace that like instead of 12 can give 14 or whatever length you want.

answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:32

Ravi

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 29 '12 at 11:07

Add android:maxLength="12" to your text view..

<TextView
            android:id="@+id/textViewName"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/includeheadersetting"
            android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Name"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:maxLength="12" />

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