In the course of this tutorial, we will take a look into Android TextView widget and various TextView properties.

TextView is one of the most fundamental Android user interface widget, which is used to display text on Android screen. TextView is like a dummy label, doesn’t allow to edit text input.

Following are some of the most used TextView properties.

Attribute Name	Related Method	Description
android:autoLink	setAutoLinkMask(int)	Automatically convert the links such as web url or email.
android:autoText	setKeyListener(KeyListener)	Auto spelling correction for text.
android:ellipsize	setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt)	If the width required by text is longer than the View itself, it ellipsized text.
android:ems	setEms(int)	Makes the TextView be exactly this many ems wide.
android:gravity	setGravity(int)	Specifies how to align the text by the view’s x- and/or y-axis when the text is smaller than the view.
android:lineSpacingMultiplier	setLineSpacing(float,float)
android:lines	setLines(int)	Makes the TextView be exactly this many lines tall.
android:maxLines	setMaxLines(int)	Makes the TextView be at most this many lines tall.
android:minLines	setMinLines(int)	Makes the TextView be at least this many lines tall.
android:minWidth	setMinWidth(int)	Makes the TextView be at least this many pixels wide.
android:shadowColor	setShadowLayer(float, float, float,int)	Place a blurred shadow of text underneath the text, drawn with the specified color.
android:shadowDx	setShadowLayer(float, float, float, int)	Horizontal offset of the text shadow.
android:shadowDy	setShadowLayer(float, float, float, int)	Vertical offset of the text shadow.
android:shadowRadius	setShadowLayer(float, float, float, int)	Blur radius of the text shadow.
android:text	setText(CharSequence, TextView.BufferType)	Text to display.
android:textAllCaps	setAllCaps(boolean)	Present the text in ALL CAPS.
android:textAppearance		Base text color, typeface, size, and style.
android:textColor	setTextColor(int)	Text color.
android:textSize	setTextSize(int, float)	Size of the text.
android:typeface	setTypeface(Typeface)	Typeface (normal, sans, serif, monospace) for the text.

For all TextView properties and attributes follow official TextView documentation.

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="10dp">


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:text="JavaTechig.com"
        android:textAllCaps="true"
        android:textColor="#86AD33"
        android:textSize="25dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:letterSpacing="1.5"
        android:maxLines="2"
        android:text="Free programming tutorials on Java, Android development, Xamarin, Java Design Pattern, Data Structure Algorithm and examples on related technologies."
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="email|web"
        android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.5"
        android:text="Have questions about javatechig.com or just want to chat? Contact us at [email protected]" />

</LinearLayout>