Text being cut off. Android

android, android-xml

Solution

Below is the accepted answer.

I think the "real" answer is that `LinearLayout` has `baselineAligned` attribute as `true` by default. This means it'll align its children with whatever they define their "baseline" as. For `TextViews`, this is the bottom of the first line of text, which explains why the issue only manifests when you have multiple lines of text.

So you could set the `android:baselineAligned="false"` for the `LinearLayout` that holds the `TextView` and the `Button`.

See this article for an overview of the `baselineAligned` property: TechoTalkative article by Paresh Mayani.

You could use a RelativeLayout instead of so many nested LinearLayouts with the weight attribute (which degrades performance on account of the multiple passes required for measuring view bounds).

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

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Come on Man. Just Stop, no need for that."
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button03"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:text="Play"/>

</RelativeLayout>

This didn't get clipped text in my test.

Problem

My text is being cut off in app when it's more then one line. It only happens on hdpi or less phones. Any help would be great. Code: ``` <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@drawable/backgroundp" > <com.example.app.ObservableScrollView android:id="@+id/scroll_view" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" > <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <View android:id="@+id/placeholder" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="@dimen/sticky_height" /> <ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" > <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:paddingTop="10dip" > </LinearLayout> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" > <TextView android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1" android:gravity="center" android:text="Man what you doing that for. Come on" android:textSize="20sp" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button02" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Play" /> </LinearLayout> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" > <TextView android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1" android:gravity="center" android:text="Come on Man. Just Stop, no need for that." android:textSize="20sp" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button03" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Play" /> </LinearLayout> Lots of the same thing over and over again. Then </LinearLayout> </LinearLayout> </ScrollView> </LinearLayout> </com.example.app.ObservableScrollView> <Button android:id="@+id/button01" style="@style/Item.Sticky" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Stop" android:paddingLeft="10dp" android:paddingRight="10dp" android:paddingTop="10dp"/> </FrameLayout> ``` Theres more stuff under but this is what you really need to see I guess. If the layout height is wrap content shouldn't it be fine. I was guessing it was the text size but not sure?

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