TextView in the center of the screen

android android-layout center textview

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Solution 1

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"

Solution 2

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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Solution 3

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

Solution 4

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

Solution 5

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"/>

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Updated on June 20, 2021

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Mun0n almost 3 years

Possible Duplicate:
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?
Aldryd over 12 years

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.
Mun0n over 12 years

I tried this, and doesn't work, the text don't center.
Orkun Ozen over 12 years

What layout do you have? Cos it did the trick with linear layout for me.
Mun0n over 12 years

I have RelativeLayout, I will try with LinearLayout and I will tell you.
Orkun Ozen over 12 years

i wonder if the other approach works for every other layout.
Mun0n over 12 years

It doesn't work. My textSize is too large and I don't know how to center it.
Rotemmiz over 12 years

Try posting the xml layout, I will be able to help you further more...
Mun0n over 12 years

thanks @mdelolmo, is just what I need!
Mun0n over 12 years

it is wrong because you don't understand the question. I test it and doesn't work. @mdelolm knows how to do it.
Jin35 over 12 years

Give bounty please, your question are still in featured :)
Ruchir Baronia over 8 years

What does android:includeFontPadding="false" do?
mdelolmo over 8 years

@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.
Michael Fulton almost 8 years

This is what I needed +1
Admin about 7 years

this command is false
Lavakush about 7 years

android:gravity will work here.
MeqDotNet almost 5 years

works like a charm thank you @mdelolmo