TextView Ellipsize (...) not working

Question

I want to have a single lined TextView to show up 3 dots at the end when the text is longer than the TextView. I don't know why - but I don't get it.

I already wrapped my head around similar StackOverflow questions, but I ended up with no solution. Maybe someone has some useful hints.

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView 
        android:textStyle="bold" 
        android:text="Full Name" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:id="@+id/lName"
        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" 
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:ellipsize="end"/>
</LinearLayout>

The LinearLayout above is nested into 2 other LinearLayouts. Maybe this is important to know. I already tried the attribute "singleLine" too, but some say this is deprecated and it doesnt work anyway.

Solution 1

Add the following styles in your styles file (typically styles.xml):

<style name="autoscroll">
    <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
    <item name="android:ellipsize">marquee</item>
    <item name="android:marqueeRepeatLimit">marquee_forever</item>
    <item name="android:focusable">true</item>
    <item name="android:focusableInTouchMode">true</item>
    <item name="android:scrollHorizontally">true</item>
</style>

Then add the style @style/autoscroll to your TextView:

<TextView android:id="@+id/lName"
      style="@style/autoscroll" />

You can reuse your autoscroll feature easily when you want this way.

Solution 2

Add this in your xml for the TextView:

        android:maxWidth="200dp" 
        android:maxLines="1" 

As

        android:singleLine="true"  

is deprecated.

Solution 3

android:id="@+id/lName" android:layout_width="150dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:text="Avinljhakjhsajkhakjshda"
    android:textSize="16sp"

Solution 4

This doesn't work with me unless adding 'android:ems' attribute along with the android:ellipsize attribute

android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:ems="8"

Solution 5

The ellipses did not appear while my text was selectable. I needed to disable selectable text (which is the default):

android:layout_width="0dp" (match constraint)
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textIsSelectable="false"

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