Android Button Marquee

Question

Attempting to scroll some text horizontally on a button, not bothered if it has focus or not. Just want to scroll the text. Right now, got the button to appear, but only text I see is "My button.."

 <Button
        android:layout_width="150dip" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="My button with a long text for marquee as a example source code"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="1"/>

Have a look at this question, everything should apply to Button as well. http://stackoverflow.com/q/1827751/2001247 — ElDuderino, Feb 20 '17 at 17:44
Thanks for this - can get textview to scroll but not button. — Mark James, Feb 20 '17 at 18:23

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 16:23

In the activity (.java file) you have to add the lines:

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activitymain);

        btnMarquee = (Button) findViewById(R.id.yourbuttonid);
        btnMarquee.setSelected(true);

Android Button Marquee

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