How to auto break line in android xml?

Question

in xamarin.forms android I created a xml to show text. but sometimes the text was too long that the view will over screen.

how to make it auto fit the screen ?

the code is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
  <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:background="@xml/shape_corner">
    <TextView
      android:text="PoInfoWindow"
      android:gravity="bottom | center_horizontal"
      android:background="#ffffff"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:layout_weight="1"
      android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
      android:layout_marginBottom="14dp"
      android:layout_marginRight="38dp"
      android:layout_marginLeft="38dp"
      android:textColor="#51667f"
      android:textSize="15dp"
      android:id="@+id/title"
        />
  </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I will put value to the id title
can it be multi lines if the text is too long?

Answer 1

Hello,​

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

I used your code(I do not have @xml/shape_corner ), textview have auto break line. I do not add any code, here is running screenshot.

If you project have this issue, could you provide a demo that could reproduce this issue?

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

---

If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.