How to abbreviate a TextView?

Question

I have a TextView that is a single line. How can I add ellipses (...) if the text is too long?

Answer 1

In your XML-file you can use: android:ellipsize="end".

In your .java code you can use: yourTextView.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.valueOf("END"));.

Remember to use it when you want ellipses if the text is reaching its parent's width.

Answer 2

Be aware of some issues by using the function: Android: Something better than android:ellipsize="end" to add "..." to truncated long Strings?

however, its still the most robust way to do it.