[android-beginners] child view on select from listview truncates long text string

[Ricks CoffeeTime]

I am building off of the dictionary sample and find that if the
definition text length is 500 characters or the amount to fill the
emulator view window, the rest is clipped and even with a scrollbar
enabled it won't allow scrolling to see the rest of the text.

It uses XML LinearLayout with listview and textview.
The words are listed in a listview. click on a word and the view
overlays the list with a textview of the word's definition.
the use of maxLength and maxLines were flailing to see if it made a
difference.

This is the XML controlling the word view:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/
android"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent">
       <!-- at top In the middle: a custom image, -->
        <ImageView android:id="@+id/image"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingLeft="4dip" android_paddingRight="4dip"
            android:gravity="fill_horizontal"
            android:src="@drawable/bannericlogo" />
    <TextView
            android:id="@+id/word"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
            android:textSize="30sp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/search_instructions"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
            android:layout_marginTop="5dip" android:maxLines="40"
android:maxLength="2048"/>
    <TextView
            android:id="@+id/definition"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/
textAppearanceMedium"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/search_instructions"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:bufferType="normal" android:maxLength="2048"
android:maxLines="40" android:scrollbars="vertical"/>
</LinearLayout>

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