You are not crazy. I see the exact same problem w/ ellipsizing and a multi-line TextView as you described above.
On Jun 11, 2:58 pm, "nEx.Software" <justin.shapc...@gmail.com> wrote: > For the time being, I decided to roll my ownellipsizefunction, which > I will call on my own and then feed into myTextView. It is highly > customized for my own purposes, so would likely not fit well within > the realm of the core framework, but now that I have a better idea of > what is going on, I just may try to patch the core. Note, I was able > to get the standardellipsizefunction to use my own customellipsize > character(s) but it was not the "right" way of doing it... while I am > at it, I might try to figure out some other text formatting things I > wanted, namely indents (hanging indent, first line indent, etc...) > > I will clean up my code and post here in the near future, for > reference purposes. > > On Jun 10, 3:56 pm, "nEx.Software" <justin.shapc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Further experimentation results in the following... I was not crazy, I > > had seen three lines in an ellipsizedTextViewbefore. And I have now > > figured out how it is working (or, rather, not working)... It is > > ellipsizing each paragraph separately (and limiting each paragraph to > > two lines) as opposed to taking the entire string and ellipsizing > > that. This means two things... I will be filing a bug report, and I > > will be looking to see if I can patch it in the meantime. > > > For my own project, I'll have to either notellipsize, hack an > > ellipsizer on my own (ugh), or faking it by layering anothertextview > > over top, so as to obscure the text I am "ellipsizing". I am aware > > this is not a good solution and I cringe at even saying it, but in a > > pinch it just may have to do... Sorry for triple posting here, but I > > figured others might be interested. > > > On Jun 10, 2:26 pm, "nEx.Software" <justin.shapc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So, I am experimenting further, and am finding that no matter what I > > > do, I am only getting 2 lines while using theellipsizeattribute on > > > myTextView. So, either I am doing something terribly wrong or > > > something has gone awry. Maybe I never have actually seen it go more > > > than 2 lines and I am actually just dreaming? Now, I suppose I'll dive > > > into the source of theellipsizefunction (in android.text.TextUtils) > > > and see what's going on in there. > > > > On Jun 10, 1:10 pm, "nEx.Software" <justin.shapc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the quick reply Romain. Unfortunately, I'm seeing a > > > > different result in my app. When I useellipsizeon a multiline > > > >TextView, I get inconsistent results. For example, sometimes a piece > > > > of text that could easily fill the 4 lines that I have set as max, > > > > gets stopped and ellipsized on the second line, or the third line. > > > > Other times, these go the full four lines. I guess I assumed that it > > > > was deciding that a word on the second or third line needed to be > > > > ellipsized and then just stopped rather than wrapping and continuing > > > > on. Maybe it was my own mis-evaluation of my problem? > > > > > If see if I can get the customellipsizecharacters working, and (if I > > > > do) figure out how to submit a patch... Unfortunately, one place where > > > > I wanted to use this was a Widget, so I'll still need to figure > > > > something else out for that, since I can't use a subclassedTextView. > > > > Again, I appreciate the quick response. > > > > > On Jun 10, 10:03 am, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > > > > > > > 1) Is there anyway to getellipsizeto work on a multilineTextView? > > > > > > So that the ellipses are shown at the end of the text, rather than > > > > > > at > > > > > > the end of the line? If not what is the best way to handle this on > > > > > > my > > > > > > own?]] > > > > > > That's already what it does, see the Home screen's list of apps for > > > > > instance. > > > > > > > 2) Is there any way to change the character used for eellipsize? For > > > > > > example, use "... [Read More]", this obviously coincides with > > > > > > question > > > > > > 1 above since one wouldn't want to take half of the single line to > > > > > > say > > > > > > read more, but on a multiline, it would be nice to be able to have > > > > > > like 3 or 4 lines and then a read more? Maybe there is a better way > > > > > > to > > > > > > do this that I haven't figured out yet? > > > > > > Not at the moment. Patches are most welcome though :) > > > > > > -- > > > > > Romain Guy > > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > > romain...@android.com > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > > > > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > > > > > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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