Android Start Ellipsis only supported with one line

Question

I want to have ... at the beginning of a single-line text view..

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/dialer_display_number"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:textSize="@dimen/dialer_display_number_size"
    android:textColor="@color/white"
    android:includeFontPadding="false"
    android:maxLength="31"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:ellipsize="start"
    android:background="@null"/>

However, it doesn't work and shows warning message

W/StaticLayout﹕ Start Ellipsis only supported with one line

I notice that if I remove singleLine="true", the warning will not appear.. but in any way, long text is not shortened with ... at the beginning

@MoradiyaAkash do I still use singleLine="true"? I set android:lines="1" it has no effect. I don't want two lines. — xialin, Nov 04 '14 at 05:47
I replaced singleLine with ```android:lines="1"``` it has no effect. I don't want two lines — xialin, Nov 04 '14 at 05:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 04 '14 at 05:56

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Try to remove the property android:maxLength="31" from your TextView and check. As you have already defined the length of your TextView so it will filter your text for the given input.

answered Nov 04 '14 at 05:56

GrIsHu

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '14 at 05:57

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remove android:maxLength="31" and add android:maxEms="31".

it will solve your bug without any side-effects and changes.

answered Nov 04 '14 at 05:57

Vivek Shah

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Android Start Ellipsis only supported with one line

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