How to get Auto Scrolling text view in android

Question

I have text view in Footer and I Want to Scroll that text in Footer. Here is my snippet of my Code but that text will not be scrollable . Any body can help me Thanks in Advance My Code

public class Footer extends RelativeLayout{ private TextView footer_TextVeiw; ImageView logout; public Footer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { super(context, attrs); String infService = Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE; LayoutInflater li = (LayoutInflater) getContext().getSystemService(infService); li.inflate(R.layout.footer_layout, this, true); footer_TextVeiw= (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.text_Footer); footer_TextVeiw.setSelected(true); } }

My XML Layout

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".Footer" > <TextView android:id="@+id/text_Footer" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="25dp" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:background="#ECEFF5" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever" android:singleLine="true" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:text="@string/Footer" /> </RelativeLayout>

possible duplicate : stackoverflow.com/questions/11184054/… — EvZ
– EvZ, Commented Feb 20, 2013 at 9:31

Pragnani Kinnera · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-20 09:32:54Z

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You can try attribute android:scrollbars="vertical" or Horizontal

answered Feb 20, 2013 at 9:32

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4 Comments

Manoj Kumar Over a year ago

Hi i tried with this but i cant get.. Simply the text oly getting as a view not in Scrollable

Pragnani Kinnera Over a year ago

When there is a overflow of text than only textView come with the scroll bar...try to provide fixed width for the TextView

Manoj Kumar Over a year ago

Thanks Pragnani its perfectly works for when we give certain fixed width for text view

Pragnani Kinnera Over a year ago

@ManojKumar welcome friend...you can accept this as answer if you think it helps you..

PPD · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-20 09:34:39Z

set

android:maxLines = "AN_INTEGER" android:scrollbars = "vertical"

in your TextView in xml file. and use

textView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod())

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