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Android TextView Tutorial with Examples

  1. Android TextView
  2. TextView Attributes

1. Android TextView

In Android, TextView is a user interface control, which is used to display text. It works like a label. By default, the user will not be able to edit the text content.

2. TextView Attributes

android:id
It is used to uniquely identify the control
android:autoLink
It will automatically found and convert URL(s) and email addresses as clickable links.
android:ems
It is used to make the TextView be exactly this many ems wide.
android:hint
It is used to display the hint text when text is empty
android:width
It makes the TextView be exactly this many pixels wide.
android:height
It makes the TextView be exactly this many pixels tall.
android:text
It is used to display the text.
android:textColor
It is used to change the color of the text.
android:gravity
It is used to specify how to align the text by the view's x and y-axis.
android:maxWidth
It is used to make the TextView be at most this many pixels wide.
android:minWidth
It is used to make the TextView be at least this many pixels wide.
android:textSize
It is used to specify the size of the text.
android:textStyle
It is used to change the style (bold, italic, bolditalic) of text.
android:textAllCaps
It is used to present the text in all CAPS.
android:typeface
It is used to specify the Typeface (normal, sans, serif, monospace) for the text.
android:textColorHighlight
It is used to change the color of text selection highlight.
android:textColorLink
It is used to change the text color of links.
android:inputType
It is used to specify the type of text being placed in text fields.
android:fontFamily
It is used to specify the fontFamily for the text.
android:editable
If we set, it specifies that this TextView has an input method.
android:autoLink
This attribute tells Android to automatically generate links for phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and website addresses found in the TextView text.
Constant
Value
Description
all
f
Match all patterns (equivalent to web|email|phone|map).
email
2
Match email addresses.
map
8
Match map addresses.
none
0
Match no patterns (default).
phone
4
Match phone numbers.
web
1
Match Web URLs
<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView_a11"
    android:autoLink="email|phone|map|web"
    android:textColorLink="#FF0000"
    android:text="Contact: +1-1111222233, example@gmail.com. http://abc.com, 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018"
    ... />
Click on Phone Link.
Click on Email Link
Click on Web URL
Click on Address Link (Will open Google Map)
android:ems
This attribute is used to specify a value for the width of the TextView in the EM measurement units. EM is a unit in Typography whose value is the width of the letter "M".
So, android:ems="5" means that it sets the width of the TextView to 5 times as much as the width of the letter "M".
android:text
Specifies the text content for TextView.
android:textColor
Specifies the text color for TextView.
android:textSize
Specifies the font size for the text.
android:textStyle
Specifies a style for the font, which has four values:
  • android:textStyle="normal" (Default)
  • android:textStyle="bold"
  • android:textStyle="italic"
  • android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:textAllCaps
This attribute has two values, true/false. With the value of true, the TextView text will be in upper case when displayed. Its default value is false.
android:textColorHighlight
Sets the background color for the selected sub-text. This attribute comes in handy when you use EditText (a subclass of TextView). EditText permits the user to select and edit its text.
android:textColorLink
Specifies the font color for the links in the text. (See more about the android:autoLink attribute).
android:fontFamily
Specifies the font family for the TextView text.
android:editable

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