How to set a line spacing in a text of a TextView

Question

txt.setText("abc \n defgh");

I want to have line spacing to be some value. Sample range 5 dp.

abc
'5dp range'
defgh

What is a "range" in this context? – CommonsWare Jul 25 '17 at 20:04 — CommonsWare, Jul 25 '17 at 20:04
Inter-word spacing. I am sorry for my English :) – Emre Aydemir Jul 25 '17 at 20:07 — Emre Aydemir, Jul 25 '17 at 20:07
as marginBottom 5dp but one TextView – Emre Aydemir Jul 25 '17 at 20:09 — Emre Aydemir, Jul 25 '17 at 20:09
previously I didn't see. – Emre Aydemir Jul 25 '17 at 20:41 — Emre Aydemir, Jul 25 '17 at 20:41

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '17 at 20:08

Take a look at android:lineSpacingExtra (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:lineSpacingExtra) and android:lineSpacingMultiplier (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:lineSpacingMultiplier).

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:lineSpacingExtra="5dp"
    android:text="abc \n defgh"/>

Gustavo Tufiño Fernández · Answer 2 · 2017-07-26T02:10:27.840

I show you how to do this.

First: there are two ways for do it

Design (.xml) I'll separated these: (Full names) and (Years)

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/notice_event"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:maxLines="2"
    android:text="Gustavo Tufiño Fernández \n 21 Years Old"/>

Nice solution, right?, but if you want do this dynamic, What would you do?

Class (Activity/Fragment/Adapters) Dynamic form

    @Override
        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

            // put values I need in String variables
            String title = listNoticiasEventosFinal.get(0).getTitle();
            String detail = listNoticiasEventosFinal.get(0).getDescription();

            //Concat Strings with linespace and put int TextView
            String final_text = title + System.getProperty ("line.separator") + detail;
            TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.notice_event);
            textView.setText(final_text);
    }

I hope I have help you, regards (Y)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 13 '18 at 10:08

0

**You can use "lineSpacingExtra". It will works, happy coding **

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="180dp"
    android:lineSpacingExtra="10dp"/>

answered May 13 '18 at 10:08

Maksudul Hasan Raju

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