Textview text not showing when using tools:text="@tools:sample/lorem"

Question

When am using

android:text="Lorem Ipsum"

the text is just showing normally on the textview but when am using

 tools:text="@tools:sample/lorem"

its not showing anything.

I have added the namespace for tools, what might be the problem?

Here is the name space


xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '20 at 13:24

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tools:text is used only for viewing the sample view of the layout in preview. android:text actually sets the text to the TextView. You need to set the text programmatically by textView.setText("your text") or change tools namespace to android.

answered Jan 25 '20 at 13:24

Madina Saidova

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Thanks, is it possible to use textView.setText and set text that has been generated randomly – Wincelee Jan 26 '20 at 05:16
Or using android:text to set text generated randomly – Wincelee Jan 26 '20 at 05:21
Yes, you need to create random number and convert it to string. https://stackoverflow.com/a/41156/10921974 textView.setText((new RandomString()).nextString()) – Madina Saidova Jun 16 '20 at 06:05

Textview text not showing when using tools:text="@tools:sample/lorem"

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