Align text based on the decimal dot if the number of decimals is not the same

Question

I get miscellaneous decimal values from the API. They may look like this 123.45, 0.12345678.

The format rule which I cannot change is like this: 1. if value <0, then have 8 decimal places 2. if value >0, then have 2 decimal places

Now, I cannot align the number based on the decimal dot. No matter if I align center, left or right. I always get something like this (aligned right)

       123.45
   0.12345678
         1.23
1234.12345678

Ideally, I need alignment like this

 123.45
   0.12345678
   1.23
1234.12345678

Is there a solution to this problem?

you add some whitespaces but you will need to check the largest number to see hown many spaces you will need - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10862975/how-to-put-space-character-into-a-string-name-in-xml -- you may need to convert to string — Tasos, Jan 22 '16 at 10:17
Just pad your string to the right using a space as the padding character. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11612866/java-string-padding-with-spaces — Phantômaxx, Jan 22 '16 at 10:57
@HrundiV.Bakshi We don't have `StringUtils` in Android, but it's a good lead. — sandalone, Jan 22 '16 at 11:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '16 at 10:17

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You can achieve this by using two separate text view in layout. One for decimal value and second for other.

answered Jan 22 '16 at 10:17

Ashish Rajvanshi

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