Android: How to justify text in a TextView?

Question

This is what i want.

And this is what i have.

In the above pictures we can see that the lines the paragraph is starting from the most start of the page (aligned start). and in the first picture the lines of paragraph also end of the page (aligned end). so this is i want with my TextView, showing in the second picture but i don't know what to do :(

This might help you...https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1292575/android-textview-justify-text — AgentP, May 20 '20 at 11:04
margin, padding is not working for this so with the help of @PraveenSP 's comment i found a library to justify the text with github library. — Stackoverflower, May 20 '20 at 13:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '20 at 11:38

There are two key elements to solve the problem you are currently facing: margin and padding.

Here's a basic difference between them:

Padding separates a view's contents from the boundaries of that view.
Margin separates a view from the immediate parent.

Here's a potential solution:

The image above has a significant margin (left and right) and a little padding. Therefore, you need to adjust the following attributes:
padding_start
padding_end
margin_start
margin_end

Also, remember to set the gravity of the TextView to center.

To learn more about the difference between margin and padding, check this out.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '22 at 15:33

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Use this sample:

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:justificationMode="inter_word" />

This is the command: android:justificationMode="inter_word"

answered Feb 25 '22 at 15:33

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '23 at 10:55

There are two ways in Kotlin until this time:

This feature is introduced in Android version >= 8.0.

1- XML

<TextView
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:justificationMode="inter_word"
       />

2- Programmatically in an Activity:

Android O offers full justification

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
 TextView.setJustificationMode(LineBreaker.JUSTIFICATION_MODE_INTER_WORD);}

However, Android Studio mentions that you can use it for Android Q , but is still works in Android O

Android: How to justify text in a TextView?

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