How to display a text vertically or rotate a TextView in layout XML file?

Question

I want to display a string vertically in a view as below, is there have a way to implement that in layout XML file?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2888780/is-it-possible-to-write-vertically-in-a-textview-in-android — kgandroid, Sep 14 '16 at 11:34
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1258275/vertical-rotated-label-in-android/7855852#7855852 — Aman Grover, Sep 14 '16 at 11:40
have little fun with this tricky code.. **yourTextView.setRotation(-90);** — brahmy adigopula, Sep 14 '16 at 11:43

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '16 at 11:46

To rotate the textview in xml use : android:rotation="-90"

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Hello World!"
    android:rotation="-90"/>

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '16 at 11:49

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add attributes in Text view android:rotation="-90"

    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:rotation="-90"
    android:text="Hello World!" />

answered Sep 14 '16 at 11:49

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How to display a text vertically or rotate a TextView in layout XML file?

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