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I have a multiline textbox (EditText) for the user to enter a text. I need to limit the height of the text. User can also change the text size. So I need to draw a line in the textbox so the user know how much he can write. The line should be an image and positioned relatively in the textbox.

I think I know I need to extend the EditText in some way but I don't have a clue how to do it or if it's the right way...

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You can create your own custom view components in android. Here is a doc for reference. Also look at this question.

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  • I think I will try to make my custom view component. Never done this but I will give it a try... – ahrberg Jan 08 '12 at 10:28
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For this purpose you can use the shape and draw lines inside the shape and also you can set the height and width of the shape.

Notepad example of the API demos will help you in your case.

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  • This is a solution, but I think I need to have an image including a line and a text "Stop writing here" – ahrberg Jan 08 '12 at 10:28