Android TextView and text wrapping

Question

I have a TextView inside a TableRow. The text contained in this TextView is much larger than the screen. Thus, I would like the text to wrap in a few lines.

TableLayout table = (TableLayout)findViewById(R.id.myTable);
TableRow row = new Tablerow(context);
TextView view = new TextView(context);
view.setText(stringWithLotsOfCharacters);
view.setSingleLine(false);
row.add(view);
table.addview(row, new TableLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

I tried using "setSingleLine", but that did not have the effect I was looking for.

Any suggestions? Thank.

Answer 1

Add android:shrinkColumns="1"for the column you want to wrap in TableLayout in your layout or android:shrinkColumns="*"if you want to wrap all columns.

You can also do this programmatically using setColumnShrinkable:

public void setColumnShrinkable (int columnIndex, boolean isShrinkable)

Answer 2

view.setHeight(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);