androidtextviewellipsisnowrap

2 TextViews, left with ellipsis, right with nowrap, single line


It's the first time I post on this forum, hope it's gonna be fine :)

I'm developping an Android App for public transportation in my city.

Here is what I have

[ |short destination   ||next departure| ]
[ |way too long dest...||next departure| ]

Here is what I want:

[ |short destination||next departure|    ]
[ |way too long dest...||next departure| ]

Here is a more complete example: s28.postimg.org/5gejnvfd9/actual2.png

Weird coloured backgrounds are just here to easily identify layouts/textviews. You can also ignore the brown line (which is ok).

Basically, I want to have the destination [red background] which have a variable length, and on its right, I want the first departure time [green background]. Everything on one line.

I need to always have the first departure information fully displayed (nowrap). The destination could be wrapped with an ellipsis (...). [Optional question, how to replace the ellipsis '...' with '.' ?]

Here is the best working code I have so far:

    <RelativeLayout 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/txtTitleDestination"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/txtTitleFirstDeparture"
            android:background="#FF0000"
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:padding="0dp"
            android:scrollHorizontally="true"
            android:textSize="18sp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/txtTitleFirstDeparture"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:background="#00FF00"
            android:ellipsize="none"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:padding="0dp"
            android:textSize="18sp"
            android:textStyle="bold" 
            />

    </RelativeLayout>

I've tried TableLayout and LinearLayour instead of the RelativeLayout, but with no success :(

Any idea how I could do that?

Thanks in advance!

Louloox

[SOLVED] Just have to lightly modify the valbertos answer:

titleDestination.post(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {             
            int widthTextViewDeparture = measureTextWidthTextView(titleFirstTime, pContext);
            int widthTextViewDestination = titleDestination.getWidth();
            int widthTextViewParent = rl_parent.getWidth();
            if(widthTextViewDestination + widthTextViewDeparture > widthTextViewParent) {
                titleDestination.setWidth(widthTextViewParent - widthTextViewDeparture);
                titleDestination.setEllipsize(TruncateAt.END);
                titleDestination.setHorizontallyScrolling(true);
            }
        }
    });

Setting the Ellipsis only if necessary makes the text properly truncated.

Before: 
Lingolsheim Thiergaten --> Lingolsheim...     [1'23"] 21h23

With the modification:
Lingolsheim Thiergaten --> Lingolsheim Thi... [1'23"] 21h23

Thanks again :)


Solution

  • To do what you are asking for, you must adjust the width of the first view dynamically based on the text width of the second view.

    //Code

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.test);
    
        final TextView tv_1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_1);
        tv_1.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                View rl_parent = findViewById(R.id.rl_parent);
                TextView tv_2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_2);
                int widthTextView2 = measureTextWidthTextView(tv_2);
                if(tv_1.getWidth() + widthTextView2 > rl_parent.getWidth()) {
                    tv_1.setWidth(tv_1.getWidth() - widthTextView2);
                }
            }
        });
    }
    
    private int measureTextWidthTextView(TextView textView) {
        int widthMeasureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getScreenWidth(), View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
        int heightMeasureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
        textView.measure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
        return textView.getMeasuredWidth();
    }
    
    private int getScreenWidth() {
        WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
        Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();
        Point size = new Point();
        display.getSize(size);
        return size.x;
    }
    

    //Layout

    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="300dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">
    
        <RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/rl_parent"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:background="#348D63">
    
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/tv_1"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:background="#BD160B"
                android:gravity="center_vertical"
                android:maxLines="1"
                android:paddingLeft="10dp"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:text="Elsau Elsau Elsau Elsau Elsau Elsau Elsau"
                android:textStyle="bold" />
    
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/tv_2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tv_1"
                android:gravity="center_vertical"
                android:minWidth="50dp"
                android:paddingLeft="10dp"
                android:paddingRight="10dp"
                android:text="[11:30 14:23]"
                android:textStyle="bold" />
    
        </RelativeLayout>
    
        <!-- Rest of the layout -->
    
    </LinearLayout>
    

    Use android:maxLines="1" instead of android:singleLine="true" to get rid off the ugly dots -as I did in my example.

    Also, I recommend you to use include for the "time" section, instead of repeating the TextViews twice. I’ve just done it like that to keep simple the example.