TextView in the center of the screen

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How do I center text horizontally and vertical in a TextView in Android?

I have a RelativeLayout (before it was a LinerLayout), that occupies all the screen and I want to put in the center of this Layout, a TextView. I try to do it with gravity = "center" layout_gravity = "center" and a few more, but it doesn't work.

Anybody knows how to center the TextView in the middle of the screen?

EDIT

Ok, I think I explained badly. I think the TextView is in the center, but what I want to center is the text in the TextView. Can I do this?

try to see here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2784003/how-do-you-center-a-textview-in-layout it's was always problem.. i don't know xml.. can't help u. but this i always fixed by code.. and never found easy way to do it as i doing it (cos i don't know xml ) — Peter, Jan 16 '12 at 23:27
Center both horizontally and vertically? Edit: Rotemmiz beat me to the punch lol. He posted what you're looking for. — bschultz, Jan 16 '12 at 23:28
If you are working under RelativeLayout use android:layout_centerVertical="true" and android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" with your TextView of android:layout_width="wrap_content", if you use android:layout_width="match_parent" , use android:gravity="center" — Kushal Ramola, Jun 02 '17 at 06:30

score 69 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '12 at 08:15

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If your font size is big enough, it might look like it's not centered, because of the font padding.
Try using the already mentioned properties combined with android:includeFontPadding, something like this:

    android:gravity="center"
    android:includeFontPadding="false"

answered Jan 20 '12 at 08:15

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Give bounty please, your question are still in featured :) – Jin35 Jan 23 '12 at 14:14
What does `android:includeFontPadding="false"` do? – Ruchir Baronia Jan 30 '16 at 02:46
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@RuchirBaronia, it means Android will take into account the font "white space" that it has above and below, to calculate its position in the layout. – mdelolmo Jan 30 '16 at 11:24
works like a charm thank you @mdelolmo – MeqDotNet May 29 '19 at 05:28

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '12 at 17:16

If you want to align contents of RelativeLayout in the center then you need to put android:gravity="center" in the RelativeLayout's properties. Below is a sample XML code for it along with its visual representation.

XML Code:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@color/white">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="My Text View"
            android:textColor="@color/black"
            android:textSize="25dp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />
</RelativeLayout>

Graphical Layout:

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score 15 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 17 '12 at 17:03

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Try android:layout_centerInParent="true" or android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" these apply to RelativeLayout

edited Jan 17 '12 at 17:03

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answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:27

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The answer here is what you're looking for and will get the TextView object centered within the layout, but you may also still need to add android:gravity="center" so that the text will be centered within the TextView object. – Aldryd Jan 16 '12 at 23:36
It doesn't work. My textSize is too large and I don't know how to center it. – Mun0n Jan 17 '12 at 16:04
Try posting the xml layout, I will be able to help you further more... – Rotemmiz Jan 17 '12 at 17:47

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '21 at 02:22

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You can also set the gravity="center" of its parent.

edited Jun 20 '21 at 02:22

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answered Jan 23 '12 at 12:32

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 23 '12 at 21:20

android:gravity="center"

works on RelativeLayouts only. So try

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/title"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" <!--relative Layout-->
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Mint Payments"/>

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Alternatively, taken from another post

<TextView  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
    android:text="@string/**yourtextstring**" />

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 16 '12 at 23:34

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I tried this, and doesn't work, the text don't center. – Mun0n Jan 17 '12 at 08:00
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What layout do you have? Cos it did the trick with linear layout for me. – Orkun Jan 17 '12 at 08:38
I have `RelativeLayout`, I will try with `LinearLayout` and I will tell you. – Mun0n Jan 17 '12 at 10:01
i wonder if the other approach works for every other layout. – Orkun Jan 17 '12 at 10:04
it is wrong because you don't understand the question. I test it and doesn't work. @mdelolm knows how to do it. – Mun0n Jan 20 '12 at 18:11

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 19 '12 at 17:43

This should display in center of the screen with center aligned. If you want to text alignment, you may use android:gravity="right" or android:gravity="left"

     <RelativeLayout
                xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="horizontal">

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/textView"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                    android:gravity="center" 
                    android:text="This is some text" />    
    </RelativeLayout>

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 26 '12 at 06:51

    <RelativeLayout
    android:gravity="center"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
     <TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Txt is aligned in Center" />
   </RelativeLayout>

Lavakush · Answer 9 · 2018-12-18T05:59:23.813

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use

android:gravity="center"

attribute for your TextView in layout_XML File.

edited Dec 18 '18 at 05:59

answered Jan 24 '12 at 12:19

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this command is false – Mar 18 '17 at 03:57
android:gravity will work here. – Lavakush Mar 20 '17 at 06:05

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