Android TextView chopping off text

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Having fiddled with this for longer than I care to admit, how does text alignment work within a TextView?

Obviously I'm trying to get the 'N' to centre itself vertically in the TextView.

    <TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/titleN"
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:height="114dp"
    android:textSize="120dp"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/textView3"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center"/>

When I remove height it looks like:

Please post the code which shows what you have done. We cannot tell you how to fix this without knowing what you did in the first place. — Code-Apprentice, Feb 04 '16 at 17:07
Is it because the `height` is less than the `textSize`? You don't need this value at all. — tallpaul, Feb 04 '16 at 17:12
I've tried many different values trying to get it to line up with the TextViews next to it. I'll use whatever values work... — user1561108, Feb 04 '16 at 17:13
Remove android:height="114dp" attribute from your textview. Or Update android:height="114dp" to android:height="120dp". — Adarsh Yadav, Feb 04 '16 at 17:13
Different fonts have differently alignment. What do you want to achieve? Maybe try setting the text in right as layout_alignBottom — Keshav, Feb 04 '16 at 17:14
It doesn't help that the simulator dimensions are off compared to the Moto G that I test on. I'm trying to get the 'N' bottom to align with the bottom sentence next to it. — user1561108, Feb 04 '16 at 17:15
What happens if you remove the `layout_gravity` and `gravity` attributes? — Code-Apprentice, Feb 04 '16 at 17:27
If you are setting the text size explicitly you can use `wrap_content` for the height of the text view. However, note that text size should be given in sp, not dp. — zgc7009, Feb 04 '16 at 17:29
wrap_content isn't a valid value for height? @Code-Apprentice nothing — user1561108, Feb 04 '16 at 17:30
@zgc7009 The OP has already set `layout_height` to `wrap_content`. `height` is different...and I'm not sure what the point is of having two attributes seemingly for the same thing.. — Code-Apprentice, Feb 04 '16 at 17:31
My fault, looked at it wrong :P Yea I agree with @Code-Apprentice no need to set a height attribute in this case. Having the wrap_content attribute should handle the height for you. Not that it should have an effect, but try using sp instead of dp for the text size. — zgc7009, Feb 04 '16 at 17:31
I found this, see if it helps. http://stackoverflow.com/a/6594320/2346980 — Keshav, Feb 04 '16 at 18:05
@Keshav the 'blue box' alignment appears correct, it's the position of the text within that is the issue, though from your link setting android:layout_marginTop to a negative figure appears to work for me — user1561108, Feb 04 '16 at 19:17

Pankaj Nimgade · Answer 1 · 2016-02-04T17:59:33.097

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The problem is that the TextView's height(114dp) is smaller than the size of the text (120dp) itself, remove the height attribute from the TextView, you don't need this line

android:height="114dp" // you need to remove this attribute from the TextView

What you need is android:gravity="center_vertical"

when the gravity of the textview is set for center_vertical text will remain in the center irrespective of the textView's height

Example:-

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text="N"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

Output

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answered Feb 04 '16 at 17:53

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@user1561108, did you remove this line android:height="114dp" – Pankaj Nimgade Feb 05 '16 at 03:50
Yes no effect either. – user1561108 Feb 05 '16 at 11:07
@user1561108, can you post updated TextView, i would like to see what changes you made, I will try to fix it – Pankaj Nimgade Feb 05 '16 at 12:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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as per @Keshav's link to https://stackoverflow.com/a/6594320/2346980, setting android:layout_marginTop to a negative value corrected the text position inside TextView.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 19:25

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Try using maring attributes, like margin-top or margin-bottom. If that doesnt work try using padding, like padding-top or padding-bottom

answered Feb 04 '16 at 19:25

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Android TextView chopping off text

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