How to wrap text to next line in an Android TextView?

Question

I am using following TextView to display some data in it:

<TextView android:id="@+id/notificationText" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"
        android:maxLines="2"
        android:layout_paddingRight="20dip"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"/>

I want to wrap text to next line. How can I do this?

Paresh Mayani · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07T12:40:14.353

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you must set android:scrollHorizontally="false" in your xml.

edited Dec 07 '11 at 12:40

answered Nov 11 '10 at 09:05

Paresh Mayani

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can one do this during runtime? – Ewoks Jan 21 '15 at 15:51
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@Ewoks check [setHorizontallyScrolling](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setHorizontallyScrolling(boolean)) – Paresh Mayani Jan 21 '15 at 17:43
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the text gets cut instead of going to the next line – Sagar Devanga Aug 19 '15 at 08:26
why do we need to do this? – Utsav Gupta Jul 13 '18 at 11:13

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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In Some case It works by setting width to 0dp on text views.

android:layout_width="0dp"

here is a link to original answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Feb 22 '17 at 06:59

vikas kumar

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score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 31 '16 at 16:40

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You could also try

android:inputType="textMultiLine"

in your XML. This worked for me.

answered Aug 31 '16 at 16:40

remykarem

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This works. I spent ages trying to fix it using weights and widths. Thankyou!! – Daniel Sep 30 '17 at 20:16
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This is for EditText – Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu Nov 26 '18 at 16:35
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This should not be used for TextView, but only for EditText – Karan Sharma Nov 23 '19 at 01:42

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited May 27 '16 at 09:19

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You need to set

 android:minLines="2"

edited May 27 '16 at 09:19

IntelliJ Amiya

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answered Apr 30 '13 at 22:53

Aliya

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How to wrap text to next line in an Android TextView?

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