Can I set property of Textview like justify? [closed]

Question

I want to set TextView property like right align, left align, of justify

Moraine

possible duplicate of Android TextView Justify Text – Anora

Answer 1

No, you can't set the property like gravity. But still you can set the justification to your text by taking webview instead of text view.

You may refer to this.

Yasmin

Link is dead (2020) – Stablish

Answer 2

What I understand from your question is, you want to know, how to set the alignment of text inside a TextView. You can align text in TextView to left, right, or center.

To do it from your layout (XML) file, use the following attribute in your layout file;

android:gravity=alignment

where,

alignment can be

• left to align text to left
• right to align text to right
• center to center the text

To do the same from code, use the following;

TextView textRegion = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textRegion);
textRegion.setGravity(gravity);

where,

gravity =

Gravity.LEFT to align to left
Gravity.RIGHT to align to right
Gravity.CENTER to center the text

Note that, justify is not available yet for text alignment in TextView.

Update as of Android 8 (Oreo, API Level 26):
Justification is now possible but look quite jagged at right end.
See setJustificationMode

Gout

Answer 3

look at the following code..

<TextView style="@style/TitleBarText1" android:text="@string/app_name" />

Style is defined below.. here most of the field may not necessary but helpfull .. see the gravity attribute and you can align the textview with this attribute...

 <style name="TitleBarText1">
    <item name="android:id">@id/title_text</item>
    <item name="android:layout_width">0dp</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">fill_parent</item>
    <item name="android:layout_weight">1</item>
    <item name="android:gravity">center</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/text_size_medium</item>
    <item name="android:paddingLeft">12dip</item>
    <item name="android:paddingRight">12dip</item>
    <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/title_text</item>
    <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
    <item name="android:ellipsize">end</item>
  </style> 

Djebel

Answer 4

Yes.

It's called gravity.

On XML:

android:gravity="left" or "right"

Justify is not available.

Check: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Gravity.html

Jodyjoe

Answer 5

To align the text

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_intro"
        style="@style/light_brown_bold_important"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/tv_welcome"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
        android:text="@string/intro"
        android:gravity="center" />

The important part is the

android:gravity="center"

Relegate

Answer 6

Use TextView.setGravity. For example, use Gravity.RIGHT for right-aligned text and Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL to center it. Justified text is not currently supported.

If you need more sophisticated layout control of text (for display only), use a WebView.

Powerful

Answer 7

Use RelativeLayout as the parent layout for textView and use the xml proeprties of TextView like:

android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

other prpertioes are also avialble to set the alignment and postion.

This link may help you too.

Cyan

Answer 8

Example : For left justification add this to your TextView

android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|left"

Incretion