Android TextView separation inside layout problem

Question

i need to add two text views to a linear layout, the problem is that sometimes, depending on font size, an strange spacing appears in the middle, and i don't want it there.

Here is a screenshot: Text views in linear layout

You can see that the first and second textview are perfectly aligned, but the second and third are not.

Why is this happening?

Here's the test xml:

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="1dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="1dp">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView8"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView9"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView10"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView11"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView12"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

    </LinearLayout>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Edit: Suggested question seems to refer to the same problem, however the proposed solutions don't fix my problem.

Does this answer your question? [Android: TextView: Remove spacing and padding on top and bottom](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4768738/android-textview-remove-spacing-and-padding-on-top-and-bottom) — Tamir Abutbul, Jul 22 '20 at 05:22

chand mohd · Answer 1 · 2020-07-22T19:33:40.557

Add in your textView . It will removed extra padding

android:includeFontPadding="false"

Try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">
    

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView8"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView9"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/textView8"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            android:includeFontPadding="false"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView10"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/textView9"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            android:text="TextView"
            android:textSize="24sp" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

They are not lining, but worse, their bounds are overlapping https://imgur.com/a/wXdTvj4 — Gammel, Jul 22 '20 at 19:27
I have updated answer and checked also seems working fine at zoom 300% — chand mohd, Jul 22 '20 at 19:34
If i change the first's textSize to 26sp (for example) it starts to break. — Gammel, Jul 22 '20 at 19:45

Android TextView separation inside layout problem

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