TextView with Background and centered text

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I want to create a TextView which has a custom background. In particular I would like to have a Text view which looks like this. I know that i can set a background to a TextView with android:background="@drawable/displaybackground but how can i align the text in this textview. The text should be displayed in the center of the Textview, like in the image above.

kind regards

possible duplicate of [How do I center text horizontally and vertical in a TextView in Android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432037/how-do-i-center-text-horizontally-and-vertical-in-a-textview-in-android) — Mickäel A., Sep 13 '13 at 13:36

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 13 '13 at 13:36

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Use center for the gravity property in the TextView (not the layout_gravity).

edited Sep 13 '13 at 13:36

Mickäel A.

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answered Sep 13 '13 at 13:30

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '13 at 13:31

Here you are. You just have to find the background, that you like.

<Textview
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="200dp"
    android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" //center the text horizontally, and vertically
    android:text="You place your text here..." // Text inside the TextView
    android:background="background Here"/> // Background (drawable or color)

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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find below link for that:

How do I center text horizontally and vertically in a TextView on Android?

Good Luck :)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Sep 13 '13 at 13:28

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TextView with Background and centered text

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