Android Studio ListView, limit the length of the lines

Question

I have a ListView but some of the text items in the list go beyond the width limit which word wraps. Normally this is fine; however, i'd like to show as many lines as possible in the ListView so is there a way to clip or limit to a certain character length and put the ellipsis at the end

example: This is a really long line of text that will wrap around

to this This is a really long line...

I've seen a few xml lines for a TextView

android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"

which works for a TetView but not seeing anything for a ListView to do that (did try using those xml options but it didn't work)

the closest I found was the following

android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"

which didn't work, unless it's a bug in Android Studio or maybe the emulator?

I'm using the latest updated version on a Windows 10 machine

Android Studio 2.1.3
Build #AI-143.3101438
jdk1.8.0_91

Thank you

EDIT XML code for the activity

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:context="com.example.danield.notes.MainActivity"
    tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main"
    android:padding="0dp">

    <ListView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:id="@+id/listView"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:textFilterEnabled="false"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="false"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="false" />

</RelativeLayout>

What kind of layout are you using in your list items? Also could you provide more code please. — thekevshow, Aug 30 '16 at 20:14
Try changing that to a linear layout, or a frame layout. Also your list item itself doesn't have it's own layout or does it? — thekevshow, Aug 30 '16 at 20:25
no the ListView doesn't have a layout. Trying the other two types had no effect — Viking NM, Aug 30 '16 at 20:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 20:07

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Have you tried clean and rebulid the project ?

answered Aug 30 '16 at 20:07

Arsad Rahman

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Can you please copy and paste the full XML ? – Arsad Rahman Aug 30 '16 at 20:16
For this you better use the Custom Adapter example here : http://androidexample.com/How_To_Create_A_Custom_Listview_-_Android_Example/index.php?view=article_discription&aid=67&aaid=92 – Arsad Rahman Aug 30 '16 at 20:26
In the custom list_item use the ellipseline and maxline in textview this is the proper way . – Arsad Rahman Aug 30 '16 at 20:27
Like example – Arsad Rahman Aug 30 '16 at 20:32
sorry, i'm relatively new to Android Studio, do you have an example? – Viking NM Aug 30 '16 at 20:33
Here is the example to custom Adapter : http://androidexample.com/How_To_Create_A_Custom_Listview_-_Android_Example/index.php?view=article_discription&aid=67&aaid=92 – Arsad Rahman Aug 30 '16 at 20:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Refer to this link Android custom Row Item for ListView!

Create a custom layout for you listview item and add these params to your TextView:

android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"

Hope this helps :)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Aug 30 '16 at 20:45

Rachik Abidi

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Android Studio ListView, limit the length of the lines

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