How to remove ellipsize(three dots) in TextInputLayout hint text?

Question

I need to remove ellipsize(three dots) from my hint text and want to show complete text. I am using TextInputLayout widget.

Adding ellipsize attribute to TextInputEditText does not work.

Below is the code for TextInputLayout Widget

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    style="@style/TextLabel"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <include
        android:id="@+id/layout_header"
        layout="@layout/text_header" />

    <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/hint"
        style="@style/TextLabel"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="fields"
        android:padding="@dimen/padding_normal"
        app:boxBackgroundColor="@color/white">


        <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
            android:id="@+id/edit_text"
            android:singleLine="false"
            android:ellipsize="none"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
</LinearLayout>

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11261904/textview-ellipsize-not-working — Naveen Tamrakar, Aug 02 '19 at 11:00
I already tried android:ellipsize="end" along with android:maxLines. But it doesn't work. — Taha Asif, Aug 02 '19 at 11:06
It doesn't work due to the fact that the widget is not TextView but it is TextInputLayout which is a google's material design widget — Taha Asif, Aug 02 '19 at 11:07
@NaveenTamrakar you are actually providing me solutions regarding TextView widget. Check my code again. I am using — Taha Asif, Aug 02 '19 at 11:09
setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt arg0) try it https://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/material/textfield/TextInputEditText also refer dec — Naveen Tamrakar, Aug 02 '19 at 11:15
Actually the problem is that I want ellipsize in hint text rather textView text. — Taha Asif, Aug 02 '19 at 12:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '19 at 12:39

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TextInputLayout not showing the whole line. It draw the hint text and measure width from visible text character length. And it uses CollapsingTextHelper that measure the text. So it is not possible to show multipleLine hint in textInput layer.

But you can show multi line hint without using floating hint. For that: set hint in your TextInputEditText and

set android:hint="\n" int your TextInputLayout.

answered Aug 02 '19 at 12:39

Tariqul Islam

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Your answer is correct to much extend. But still if I set my hint in TextInputEditText, it does not fit in completely. This problem rises due to the fact that my hint is long enough. – Taha Asif Aug 05 '19 at 05:12

How to remove ellipsize(three dots) in TextInputLayout hint text?

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