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Android Layout: How to ellipsize TextView depending on surrounding textviews?


I need your help designing a layout that works with the few following requirements:

example layout

Requirements:

Note: TextA, TextB & TextC are TextViews.

My question is similar to this question but with 3 parts instead of 2 and the requirements are a little different.

Anyone has an idea how to achieve that?

Thank you


Solution

  • You cannot accomplish this 100% in xml as you will need to conditionally set the visibility on TextB to View.GONE. However, with a ConstraintLayout you can accomplish the rest of the behavior like this: layout preview

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/TextA"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="TextAaekfnvauefoviqwejnoiwjeofijnweoimivejmgpiwvmpgr"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:maxLines="1"
        android:textColor="@color/green"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/TextC"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/TextC"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:text="TextC"
        android:textColor="@color/red"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/TextB"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="TextB"
        android:textColor="@color/yellow"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/TextC"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/TextA"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />