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Android Studio TextView Tutorial with Examples

A TextView is a GUI component that consists of text. TextViews are used to display text to the user.

Example of TextView in XML

        
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:gravity="center"
            tools:context=".MainActivity">


            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="This is display text to the user"/>

        </LinearLayout>

Attributes of TextView

android:layout_width - This attribute is used to set width of a TextView. It is required attribute.

Values of layout_width attribute :

match_parent : It will set the TextView width according to the parent layout's width. For example, if the width of a parent layout is 200dp then the width of a TextView is also 200dp.

wrap_content : It will set the TextView width according to the length of text in the TextView. TextView width is also increased or decreased when its text is increased or decreased

other : You can also set width in dp or px like 200dp, 50px, etc. It will set width according to your device's screen resolution.

android:layout_height - This attribute is used to set height of a TextView. It is required attribute.

Values of layout_height attribute :

match_parent : It will set the TextView height according to the parent layout's height. For example, if the height of a parent layout is 200dp then the height of a TextView is also 200dp.

wrap_content : It will set the TextView height according to the length of text in the TextView. TextView height is also increased or decreased when its text is increased or decreased

other : You can also set height in dp or px like 200dp, 50px, etc. It will set height according to your device's screen resolution.

TextView Margin Attributes

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="50dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="50dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
            android:background="#1A000000"
            android:text="This is display text to the user" />

android:layout_marginStart - This attribute is used to give extra space from left side of the TextView.

Values of layout_marginStart attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:layout_marginEnd - This attribute is used to give extra space from right side of the TextView.

Values of layout_marginEnd attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:layout_marginTop - This attribute is used to give extra space from top of the TextView.

Values of layout_marginTop attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:layout_marginBottom - This attribute is used to give extra space from bottom of the TextView.

Values of layout_marginBottom attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:layout_margin - This attribute is used to give extra space from every side (left, right, top, bottom) of the TextView.

Values of layout_margin attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

TextView Padding Attributes

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:paddingStart="50dp"
            android:paddingEnd="20dp"
            android:paddingTop="50dp"
            android:paddingBottom="20dp"

            android:text="This is display text to the user" />

android:paddingStart - This attribute is used to give inside space between text and left side of TextView edge.

Values of paddingStart attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:paddingEnd - This attribute is used to give inside space between text and right side of TextView edge.

Values of paddingEnd attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:paddingTop - This attribute is used to give inside space between text and top side of TextView edge.

Values of paddingTop attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:paddingBottom - This attribute is used to give inside space between text and every side of TextView.

Values of paddingBottom attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

android:padding - This attribute is used to give inside space between text and every side of TextView edge.

Values of padding attribute :

You can set its value in dp or px like 20dp, 50px, etc.

TextView Text Style Attributes

android:text - This attribute is used to write text on a TextView.

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="This is text" />

Values of text attribute :

You can set any String value like "Learnoset", "Coding", "Android", etc.

android:textColor - This attribute is used to change text color of a TextView.

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textColor="#D50000"
            android:text="This is a TextView with red text" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textColor="#2962FF"
            android:text="This is a TextView with blue text" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textColor="#FF6D00"
            android:text="This is a TextView with orange text" />

Values of textColor attribute :

You can use color codes like "#000000", "#FFFFFF", etc. or you can also get value from colors.xml file like "@color/black"

android:textSize - This attribute is used to change text size of a TextView.

Values of textSize attribute :

You can set text size in dp, px, sp like 10dp, 20px, 18sp, etc.

android:textStyle - This attribute is used to set style of text on a TextView like bold, italic, normal.

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:text="This is a normal style TextView" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:text="This is a bold style TextView" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textStyle="italic"
            android:text="This is a italic style TextView" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textStyle="bold|italic"
            android:text="This is a bold|italic style TextView" />

Values of textStyle attribute :

bold : To make text bold

italic : To make text italic

normal : To make text normal (remove italic and bold style)

combined : You can also use multiple values like bold|italic by using '|' symbol in between.

android:textAllCaps - This attribute is used to make text in UPPERCASE or lowercase.

        
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="15sp"

                android:textAllCaps="true"

                android:text="This is uppercase textview" />
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="15sp"
    
                android:textAllCaps="false"
    
                android:text="This is lowercase textview" />

Values of textAllCaps attribute :

true : Text in uppercase

false : Text in lowercase

TextView Other Attributes

android:background - This attribute is used to set background of a TextView

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#000000"
            android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="TextView with black background and white text color" />


        <TextView
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#D50000"
            android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="TextView with red background and white text color" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#2962FF"
            android:textColor="#FFD600"
            android:text="TextView with blue background and yellow text color" />

Values of background attribute :

You can use a color as TextView background like "#000000", "#FFFFFF", @color/black

You can also use an image from drawable folder as TextView background like @drawable/you_image_name

android:drawableStart - This attribute is used set an image on left side of a TextView

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:drawableStart="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
            android:text="TextView with left side image" />

Values of drawableStart attribute :

You can also use an image from drawable folder like @drawable/you_image_name

Note: Use small images with resolution of 24px or 36px.

android:drawableEnd - This attribute is used to set an image on right side of a TextView

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:drawableEnd="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
            android:text="TextView with right side image" />

Values of drawableEnd attribute :

You can also use an image from drawable folder like @drawable/you_image_name

Note: Use small images with resolution of 24px or 36px.

android:drawableTop - This attribute is used to set an image on top side of a TextView

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:drawableTop="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
            android:text="TextView with top side image" />

Values of drawableTop attribute :

You can also use an image from drawable folder like @drawable/you_image_name

Note: Use small images with resolution of 24px or 36px.

android:drawableBottom - This attribute is used set an image on bottom side of a TextView

        
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:drawableBottom="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
            android:text="TextView with bottom side image" />

Values of drawableBottom attribute :

You can also use an image from drawable folder like @drawable/you_image_name

Note: Use small images with resolution of 24px or 36px.

Code Examples

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/normalTextView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This is Normal Text"
        android:textSize="18sp" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_red_light"
        android:text="Text with Red BackGround and white Text"
        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
        android:textSize="18sp" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="55dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/round_corner_2"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Text with Round Corner and center gravity"
        android:textSize="18sp" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="55dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:letterSpacing="0.2"
        android:text="TextView with letterSpacing"
        android:textSize="18sp" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="This is Line 1 \n This is line 2 \n this is line 3"
        android:textSize="18sp" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:text="Ths is single line TextView"
        android:textSize="18sp" />
</LinearLayout>

drawable/round_corner_2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <!--Button Color-->
    <solid android:color="@color/teal_200" />

    <!---Make Round Corner with radius. you can increase or decrease radius according to your need-->
    <corners android:radius="100dp"/>
</shape>

MainActivity.java

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // getting TextViews from xml file
        final TextView normalTextView = findViewById(R.id.normalTextView);

        // setting text programmatically
        normalTextView.setText("This is Text");

        // setting background color programmatically
        normalTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
        // OR setting color from res/values/color file
        normalTextView.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.your_color));
        // OR setting color direct from color code
        normalTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));

        // setting text size programmatically
        normalTextView.setTextSize(20);

        // setting text style (BOLD) programmatically
        Typeface typeface = Typeface.create(normalTextView.getTypeface(), Typeface.BOLD);
        normalTextView.setTypeface(typeface);

        // setting text style (ITALIC) programmatically
        Typeface typeface2 = Typeface.create(normalTextView.getTypeface(), Typeface.ITALIC);
        normalTextView.setTypeface(typeface2);

        // TextView click listener
        normalTextView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                // handle TextView click...
            }
        });
    }
}

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