Application Launcher Text - Application Name in two lines

Question

Currently i am developing an application whose name is long , so i would like to display name in two line same as "Quick Calendar" and "Search People" in an attached home screen widget:

Please show me a way to implement this ?? is it possible to do so?

Gagman

Answer 1

Use \\n for a newline character.

Toreador

thanx for the support, but where do i written \\n ?? should i written it into the AndroidManifest.xml file, i have written the app name as android:label="@string/app_name" in the AndroidManifest.xml file – Gagman

@PM - Paresh Mayani: "but where do i written \\n ??" -- wherever you need it. In your case, you should have a res/values/strings.xml file for that string resource you are using in the manifest. If nothing else, use the advanced tools known as "search" or "grep" to find where the words are in the files in your project directory. – Toreador

ok i changed the "app_name" string inside the strings.xml as "demo\nApplication" and then that string i have used insdie the AndroidManifest.xml – Gagman

After changing as above, its working SUCCESSFULLY. Found Really really helpful – Gagman

not working for me, I just see "first\nsecond" with the slash n. any idea? – Trypsin

It only works in Emulator '\n' and shows invalid icon error while uploading to market. – Anatollo

@Toreador \\n doesn't work for me shows up as 'MyApp\nName' from strings.xml as <string name="app_name">MyApp\nName</string> . I think it's getting cut at 11th character . any idea ? – Moller

@Annu: No, sorry. – Toreador

Answer 2

Use \n \r but remember to enclose the string in quotes "... \n ... "

Velarize

Answer 3

use XML escape for new line " 
" this will work

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="app_name">"namr &#10; namr"</string>
</resources>

Nejd

How did you get this to work? It still is showing as Normal with Ellipses for me – Tavern