Text Marquee is not working

Question

Please have a look at the following code

<TableRow
          android:id="@+id/tableRow13"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:padding="5dp" >

            <TextView
                 android:id="@+id/textView22"
                  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:textColor="#ffffff"
                 android:textSize="12sp"
                 android:text="@string/r_new_event"
                 android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
                 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

             <TextView
                 android:id="@+id/textView23"
                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:text="Meeting with people i have never seen before in my entire life lol"
                 android:ellipsize="marquee"
                 android:maxLength="10"
                 android:singleLine="true"
                 android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
                 android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
                 android:scrollHorizontally="true"
                 android:textColor="#ffffff"
                 android:textSize="12sp"
                 android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

</TableRow>

This attempt is to marquee the text if it is longer than 10 letters. But unfortunately, this code is not working. I tried in moth emulator and Android phone. What is wrong here?

Update

Following is my new code, it is still not working

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView23"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Meeting with people i have never seen before in my entire life lol"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:maxLength="10"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:textColor="#ffffff"
    android:textSize="12sp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
    android:focusable="true" 
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" 
    android:freezesText="true"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

I think you have to have the textview in focus for it to marquee as well — kabuto178, Oct 29 '13 at 12:45
check this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3332924/textview-marquee-not-working and http://developer-dot-android.blogspot.in/2012/03/marquee-effect-in-textview-tutorial.html — Siddharth_Vyas, Oct 29 '13 at 12:46
@androiduser: The amazing fact is, that is also not working!!! — PeakGen, Oct 29 '13 at 12:58
Remove android:maxLength="10" and it will work.I tried it just now. — Siddharth_Vyas, Oct 29 '13 at 13:03

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '13 at 12:47

Try this code..

XML

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/mywidget"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:lines="1"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:textColor="#ff4500"
        android:text="Simple application that shows how to use marquee, with a long text" />
</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity

public class TextViewMarquee extends Activity {
    private TextView tv;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.tv);  
        tv.setSelected(true);  // Set focus to the textview
    }
}

Only this code is not enough. The layout width MUST BE 0dp, in order to work in version 4 — PeakGen, Oct 29 '13 at 14:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 12:46

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Add these:

android:focusable="true" 
android:focusableInTouchMode="true" 
android:freezesText="true"

answered Oct 29 '13 at 12:46

Sherif elKhatib

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Thanks for the reply. I tried, no good. Please have a look at the updated question – PeakGen Oct 29 '13 at 12:55
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Check @DineshKumar's answer. You should add `setSelected(true);` – Sherif elKhatib Oct 29 '13 at 12:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 12:53

Replace your textView with below code

<TextView
                 android:id="@+id/textView23"
                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:text="Meeting with people i have never seen before in my entire life lol"
                 android:ellipsize="marquee"
                   android:lines="1"
                 android:singleLine="true"
                 android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
                 android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
                 android:scrollHorizontally="true"
                 android:textColor="#ffffff"
                 android:textSize="12sp"
                 android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                 android:focusable="true" 
                 android:focusableInTouchMode="true" 
                 android:freezesText="true"
                 android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

i am using your given xml code and edit that code it is working — Arvind Kanjariya, Oct 29 '13 at 12:57

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 13:11

use below custom TextView / onCreate just write your_textView.setSelected(true);

public class MyTextView extends TextView {

public MyTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}

public MyTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

public MyTextView(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

@Override
protected void onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction,
        Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
    if (focused)
        super.onFocusChanged(focused, direction, previouslyFocusedRect);
}

@Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean focused) {
    if (focused)
        super.onWindowFocusChanged(focused);
}

@Override
public boolean isFocused() {
    return true;
}

}

Text Marquee is not working

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