nEx, I finally took a look at the TextUtils class. It doesn't seem to consider height at all, just width - you found the same thing right? I think I have to measure each character at a time and handle wrapping myself until it gets to a maxLines parameter I'll set, then do the ellipsizing,
Thanks On Oct 21, 11:40 am, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha that's the same exact control I'm looking to create, multiline and > if it spills over three vertical lines, replace the last few > characters with anellipsisand "More" text - the user clicks that and > the textview expands to full height. > > I have written this kind of control for blackberry but was hoping > there'd be something already premade in android. I'll check out the > source of TextView as a starting point. Thanks for your help and > confirming this. > > On Oct 21, 12:31 pm, "nEx.Software" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I have ellipsize working for multiline text. I had to write my own > > ellipsize function to do it. I wanted to replace the "..." with > > "...Read More" so my implementation is highly customized. A tip, you > > can clone the ellipsize function from the AOSP then use it directly. > > The problem appears to be not in the ellipsize code itself but in > > somewhere in how the TextView tells its size to the ellipsize > > function. I have not tracked down exactly where this is happening and > > since I don't have a build environment setup for AOSP, it would be > > hard for me to test it anyway. I should revisit my implementation and > > see if I can clean it up for more generic use. > > > On Oct 21, 8:30 am, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok, that confirms what I'm seeing. I wonder if there really is a way > > > to get theellipsisto work for multiline text. If not, I will have to > > > write a widget for it unfortunately! > > > > Thanks > > > > On Oct 20, 12:37 pm, Wouter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes I have searched this also before and this also works for single > > > > line text so i think you have to use it this way.. > > > > > Wouter > > > > > On Oct 20, 6:23 pm, MarkWyszomierski<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Wouter, > > > > > > Yes that does work for single line text, but not for multiline - > > > > > checking from other posts here it seems like theellipsisdoes not > > > > > handle multiline text correctly? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > On Oct 20, 12:06 pm, Wouter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I use this in my layout xml file: > > > > > > > android:ellipsize="end" > > > > > > android:singleLine="true" > > > > > > > And this works perfectly for text on 1 line.. > > > > > > > On Oct 20, 5:42 pm, MarkWyszomierski<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a normal TextView which has multiple lines. I set its max > > > > > > > number of lines to 3. I'd like it to show anellipsisat the end if > > > > > > > the text is too long: > > > > > > > > TextView tv = new TextView(context); > > > > > > > tv.setLines(tv); > > > > > > > tv.setText("some really long text..."); > > > > > > > > I tried the setellipsiscalls but it doesn't seem to do anything - > > > > > > > the text appears the same way. How do we get this to work? > > > > > > > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
