How do I alignBaseline to bottom line of multi-line TextView?

Question

I have two TextViews side by side. Let's say the left TextView is 1 line and the right TextView is 2 lines. Is there any way to align the baselines of the left TextView with the last line in the right TextView?

I'm open to using whatever layout (RelativeLayout, LinearLayout, etc.) that can accomplish this.

(The default behavior of android:layout_alignBaseline in Android is that it aligns the baselines of the top lines.)

Have you found the solution? – Sergey Ch. Aug 14 '15 at 14:56 — Sergey Ch., Aug 14 '15 at 14:56

pscuderi · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-17T18:11:23.497

You could accomplish this with RelativeLayout if you implement a custom TextView. Specifically, you could override TextView.getBaseline like so:

package mypackage.name;

// TODO: imports, etc.

public class BaselineLastLineTextView extends TextView {
    // TODO: constructors, etc.

    @Override
    public int getBaseline() {
        Layout layout = getLayout();
        if (layout == null) {
            return super.getBaseline();
        }
        int baselineOffset = super.getBaseline() - layout.getLineBaseline(0);
        return baselineOffset + layout.getLineBaseline(layout.getLineCount()-1);
    }
}

Then you would use your custom TextView inside a RelativeLayout as follows:

<mypackage.name.BaselineLastLineTextView
    android:id="@+id/text_view_1"
    <!-- TODO: other TextView properties -->
/>

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text_view_2"
    android:layout_alignBaseline="@id/text_view_1"
    <!-- TODO: other TextView properties -->
/>

It's pretty burdensome to have to create a custom TextView, but this is definitely a smart solution. Thanks. I didn't try it out, but seems like it'll work. — Gus, Oct 19 '16 at 00:50

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '14 at 19:32

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I guess a RelativeLayout would do it.

<RelativeLayout..>
    <TextView android:id="@+id/tv2"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:maxLines="2"
        ... />
    <TextView android:id="@+id/tv1"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/tv2"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/tv2"
        android:maxLines="1"
        ... />
</RelativeLayout>

answered Oct 10 '14 at 19:32

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This is aligning bottom, not baseline. – Gus Oct 11 '14 at 01:27
Use `android:layout_alignBaseline` – An SO User Oct 11 '14 at 19:25
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@LittleChild `alignBaseline` aligns to the first line, not the bottom line. – theV0ID Oct 15 '14 at 19:29

How do I alignBaseline to bottom line of multi-line TextView?

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