How to remove dash in long string textview android?

Question

I have a textview to show a result from a process, but when the result too long (more than my textview width), it will automatically append a dash like in blue circle (in picture). How to remove it without make it scrollable, just remove the dash?

You can replace dash with blank space using replace function,like String str="your result"; str=str.replace("-",""); — Pravin Fofariya, Jun 10 '17 at 07:13
Or use `textView.setText(editText.getText().toString().replace("-",""));` — Zoe, Jun 10 '17 at 07:33
No, not from the code I think. My code literally be like textView.setText("HereIsMyLongStringWithoutSpace"). So the problem is on the layout or XML (maybe). — nichkotama, Jun 10 '17 at 07:41
Possible duplicate of [Hyphenation in Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4454911/hyphenation-in-android) — 2hamed, Jun 10 '17 at 08:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 08:20

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If you are using api 23 or above , you can use android:breakStrategy and as value BREAK_STRATEGY_SIMPLE.

answered Jun 10 '17 at 08:20

Emin Ayar

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 09:00

This might not be proper solution of your problem but it will help you to achieve this. Use EditTextView instead of TextView and set android:focusableInTouchMode="false",android:focusable="false" ,then EditTextView will work like TextView and it will not show dash(-) symble

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 04 '18 at 12:38

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Add this on your TextView android:hyphenationFrequency="none", this will remove the hyphen

answered Dec 04 '18 at 12:38

Jackson Dias da Silva

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 09 '21 at 09:52

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It is now possible with soft hyphen -> use \u00AD in strings, e.g.:

<string name="einzelfahrt_name">Einzelfahrrad\u00ADkarte</string>

Also, in your TextView, you have to add:

 android:hyphenationFrequency="full"

answered Feb 09 '21 at 09:52

APTower

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How to remove dash in long string textview android?

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