android - How to ellipse TextView programmatically

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:id="@+id/rl"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:padding="16dp"     tools:context=".MainActivity"     android:background="#adbeb4"     >     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv"         android:layout_width="200dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="5dp"         android:padding="5dp"         android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"         android:textColor="#227aed"         android:background="#ecf1ff"         android:text="This is a sample TextView to test ellipse"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv_second"         android:layout_width="200dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="5dp"         android:padding="5dp"         android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"         android:textColor="#b3277b"         android:background="#f7ecff"         android:layout_below="@id/tv"         android:text="This is a sample TextView to test ellipse"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv_third"         android:layout_width="200dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="5dp"         android:padding="5dp"         android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"         android:textColor="#219658"         android:background="#f7ecff"         android:layout_below="@id/tv_second"         android:text="This is a sample TextView to test ellipse"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv_fourth"         android:layout_width="200dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="5dp"         android:padding="5dp"         android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"         android:textColor="#2772b3"         android:background="#f7ecff"         android:layout_below="@id/tv_third"         android:text="This is a sample TextView to test ellipse"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv_fifth"         android:layout_width="200dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textSize="18dp"         android:layout_margin="5dp"         android:padding="5dp"         android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"         android:textColor="#b3277b"         android:background="#f9fff2"         android:layout_below="@id/tv_fourth"         android:text="This is a sample\nTextView to test multiline\nellipse"         /> </RelativeLayout> 

MainActivity.java

 package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.text.TextUtils; import android.widget.RelativeLayout; import android.widget.TextView;   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      private Context mContext;     private Activity mActivity;      private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;     private TextView mTextView;     private TextView mTextViewSecond;     private TextView mTextViewThird;     private TextView mTextViewFourth;     private TextView mTextViewFifth;       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          // Get the application context         mContext = getApplicationContext();          // Get the activity         mActivity = MainActivity.this;          // Get the widgets reference from XML layout         mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);         mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);         mTextViewSecond = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_second);         mTextViewThird = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_third);         mTextViewFourth = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_fourth);         mTextViewFifth = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_fifth);          /*             public void setSingleLine (boolean singleLine)                 If true, sets the properties of this field (number of lines, horizontally scrolling,                 transformation method) to be for a single-line input; if false, restores these to                 the default conditions. Note that the default conditions are not necessarily those                 that were in effect prior this method, and you may want to reset these properties                 to your custom values.              Parameters                 singleLine : boolean         */         /*             public void setEllipsize (TextUtils.TruncateAt where)                 Causes words in the text that are longer than the view is wide to be ellipsized                 instead of broken in the middle. You may also want to setSingleLine() or                 setHorizontallyScrolling(boolean) to constrain the text to a single line. Use                 null to turn off ellipsizing. If setMaxLines(int) has been used to set two or                 more lines, only END and MARQUEE are supported (other ellipsizing types will                 not do anything).         */         /*             TextUtils.TruncateAt                 Enum Values                     END                     MARQUEE                     MIDDLE                     START         */         // Display ellipse for TextView at the start         mTextViewSecond.setSingleLine(true);         mTextViewSecond.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.START);          // Display ellipse for TextView at the middle         mTextViewThird.setSingleLine(true);         mTextViewThird.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);          // Display ellipse for TextView at the end         mTextViewFourth.setSingleLine(true);         mTextViewFourth.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);          /*             public void setMaxLines (int maxlines)                 Makes the TextView at most this many lines tall. Setting this value                 overrides any other (maximum) height setting.              Parameters                 maxlines : int         */         // Display ellipse for multiline TextView         mTextViewFifth.setMaxLines(2);         mTextViewFifth.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);     } }