Android: Last line of textview cut off

android layout textview layout-inflater
Rynardt picture Rynardt · Jun 28, 2012 · Viewed 77k times · Source

I have a horizontal LinearLayout containing a TextView followed by a Spinner next to it. This LinearLayout is dynamically inflated multiple times in a fixed vertical LinearLayout contained within a RelativeLayout.

The problem is that since I switched from Theme.light to Theme.holo.light, the last line of the TextView gets cut in half. This happens when the dynamic text is long and spans more than one row.

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I have been able to fix this by adding bottom padding to the horizontal LinearLayout containing the TextView and Spinner.

This does not feel like a fix, but more of a hack. Can someone please give me some advice on how to properly fix this?

I have also read some other questions, but none seem to help.

Horizontal Linear layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="150dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:text="TextView"/>

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spinner1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

Relative layout where above layout is dynamically inflated at Linear Layout with id ll2_7:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/scrollView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/relLayoutButtonNext"
        android:layout_below="@id/textView1" >

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingBottom="20dp"
            android:paddingLeft="10dp"
            android:paddingRight="10dp"
            android:paddingTop="10dp" >

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView10"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:paddingRight="30dp"
                android:text="2.7" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView11"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/question2_7" />


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_7"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView11"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView11"
                android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_marginBottom="20dp">
            </LinearLayout>

        </RelativeLayout>

    </ScrollView>

</RelativeLayout>

EDIT: Here is the complete layout xml for above:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        style="@style/question_section_title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:text="@string/question2_header" />

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/relLayoutButtonNext"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:background="@color/bottomBar"
        android:paddingBottom="3dp"
        android:paddingLeft="50dp"
        android:paddingRight="50dp"
        android:paddingTop="3dp" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/buttonNext"
            android:layout_width="180dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:onClick="nextStep"
            android:text="Next Section"
            android:textSize="20sp" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/buttonPrevious"
            android:layout_width="180dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:onClick="previousStep"
            android:text="Previous Section"
            android:textSize="20sp" />
    </RelativeLayout>


    <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/scrollView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/relLayoutButtonNext"
        android:layout_below="@id/textView1" >



        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:paddingBottom="20dp"
            android:paddingLeft="10dp"
            android:paddingRight="10dp"
            android:paddingTop="10dp" >

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView10"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:paddingRight="30dp"
                android:text="2.7" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView11"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/question2_7" />


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_7"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView11"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView11"
                android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_marginBottom="20dp">

            </LinearLayout>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView10"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_7"
                android:text="2.8" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView3"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_7"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/question2_8" android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"/>


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_8"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView3"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView3"
                android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
                android:orientation="vertical" >

            </LinearLayout>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView4"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_8"
                android:text="2.9" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView5"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_8"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/question2_9" android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"/>


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_9"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView5"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_marginBottom="20dp">

            </LinearLayout>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView6"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView4"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_9"
                android:text="2.10" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView7"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_9"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/question2_10" android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"/>


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_10"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView7"
                android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:orientation="vertical" >

            </LinearLayout>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView8"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView6"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_10"
                android:text="2.11" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView9"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_10"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/quesiton2_11" android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"/>


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_11"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView9"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView9"
                android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_marginBottom="20dp">

            </LinearLayout>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView12"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView8"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_11"
                android:text="2.11.1" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView13"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/ll2_11"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:text="@string/question2_11_1" android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"/>


            <LinearLayout
                android:id="@+id/ll2_11_1"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/textView13"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView10"
                android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_marginBottom="20dp">

            </LinearLayout>

        </RelativeLayout>

    </ScrollView>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer

Rynardt picture Rynardt · Jun 28, 2012

After trying a million different things, I think I have the answer.

I applied a LayoutGravity to the TextView item:

android:layout_gravity="fill"

Seems to solve all clipping issues I had. Hope this helps someone with the same problem.

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