Strike through Multiline TextView

Question

This in not a duplicate question, i found some question but they were not having satisfied answers, answers were not available for multiline textviews.

I have already checked this below link but they were not enough useful: Is there an easy way to strike through text in an app widget?

I want to create a line across the center of a TextView (striked TextView), but I want to do it in XML layout, not in the Java code.

I have already achieved this result through the use of JAVA code as such:

myTextView.setPaintFlags(myTextView.getPaintFlags() | Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);

I would like the same result, but in the below XML code:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/myTextView" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 

    />

Thanks again.

It's not an exact duplicate. The answer is the same, but te question there is about a widget, which has different limitations. — yedidyak, Dec 14 '15 at 08:08

Bhargav Thanki · Answer 1 · 2015-12-14T10:48:23.313

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    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="@android:color/white"
        android:text="XYZ"
        android:background="@drawable/line"/>

line.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="line">

    <stroke android:width="1dp"
        android:color="@android:color/white"/>

</shape>

Try this !

EDIT

The above code will work only for single line text. For Multi line text use below code :

<string name="strike_text">
        <strike>sample TextView \nSecond line of TextView</strike>
</string>

And use it as

android:text="@string/strike_text"

edited Dec 14 '15 at 10:48

answered Dec 14 '15 at 08:35

Bhargav Thanki

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exact code, but not able to do work for text with new line(multiline) – Androider Dec 14 '15 at 10:15
@Androider see my Edits – Bhargav Thanki Dec 14 '15 at 10:48
but string is dynamic. – Androider Dec 14 '15 at 11:12
then setPaintFlags is the only solution, according to me – Bhargav Thanki Dec 14 '15 at 11:14
and your set string method is also not working – Androider Dec 14 '15 at 11:15

Ravi · Answer 2 · 2015-12-14T10:18:36.470

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Easiest way would be to use an image.

create image with horizontal line and transparent background and set it as background of TextView

android:background="@drawable/strike_through"

Or

Create an xml file which will draw a line and set it as background of your TextView

<shape android:shape="line">
     <stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>

edited Dec 14 '15 at 10:18

answered Dec 14 '15 at 08:09

Ravi

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i think your xml code is not completed, and for image we should need 9-patch image, – Androider Dec 14 '15 at 08:18
would it work on multiline textview, using image – Androider Dec 14 '15 at 10:15
ok. i'm going to update image – Androider Dec 14 '15 at 10:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 14 '15 at 08:17

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The way to do this in xml is to create a drawable of the strike and set it as the background of the TextView. An example of the drawable would be:

<item android:state_pressed="false">
    <shape android:shape="line">
         <stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#ffffff" />
    </shape>
</item>

edited Dec 14 '15 at 08:17

Boot Systems Go

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answered Dec 14 '15 at 08:06

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Strike through Multiline TextView

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