Background color is applied in the whole line

Question

I want the background color (blue) to be applied only where I have letters. Check the image below

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:12

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Set layout width to wrap content

answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:12

JakeB

ty! it solved the problem but then i have another problem which is that the text is alligned to the left. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4768738/android-textview-remove-spacing-and-padding-on-top-and-bottom -> is says that i shall use match parent but that is the oppsosite of the suggested solution. what shall i do? – chrisma Oct 30 '20 at 15:14
set gravity Right on the linearLayout – JakeB Oct 30 '20 at 15:27
works a bit better but not exactly. my code looks like this: LinearLayout linearLayout = findViewById(R.id.ScrolledLinearLayout); linearLayout.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT); TextView textView = new TextView(this); textView.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)); textView.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT); textView.setBackgroundResource(R.color.blue); textView.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.white)); check my 2nd picture above to see how it looks like – chrisma Oct 30 '20 at 17:20
LinearLayout needs to match parent – JakeB Oct 30 '20 at 19:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:14

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set TextView width as wrap content, then color will be only in text area

answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:14

Abu Saeed

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