how to add scrollbars to a textview in android

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I have defined the function showMeTable() for getting data from sqlite database in DbHelper.java class. Then i call it from WeekDbShow.java class. After getting the table in the form of string , i am setting it to a textView .Here is the part of my DbHelper.java class .

public String showMeTable() { String mStr=""; mStr=mStr.concat("<body >"); mStr=mStr.concat("<tr><td align='center'><b>period</b></td><td align='center'><b>Monday</b></td>" + "<td align='center'><b>Tuesday</b></td><td align='center'><b>Wednesday</b></td><td align='center'><b>Thrusday</b></td>" + "<td align='center'><b>Friday</b></td></tr>"); String[] columns=new String[]{KEY_ROWID,KEY_PERIOD,KEY_MON,KEY_TUES,KEY_WED,KEY_THRUS,KEY_FRI};//KEY_MON may be instead of weekDay Cursor cursor=OurDb.query(DATABASE_TABLE,columns,null,null,null,null,null); cursor.moveToFirst(); while(!cursor.isAfterLast()) { mStr=mStr.concat("<tr><td>"+(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_PERIOD)))+"</td>" + "<td>"+(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_MON)))+"</td><td>"+ (cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_TUES)))+"</td><td>"+(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_WED)))+"</td>" + "<td>"+(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_THRUS)))+"</td><td>"+(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(KEY_FRI)))+"</td></tr>"); cursor.moveToNext(); } mStr.concat("</table></body>"); return mStr; }

And this is the part of my WeekDbShow.java class from where i am calling the showMeTable.

 String data=myDbHelper.showMeTable(); //showMe.setText("<b>data</b>"); showMe.setText(Html.fromHtml(data)); myDbHelper.close();

here is my xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <TextView android:id="@+id/tvTT" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Medium Text" android:maxLines = "200" android:scrollbars = "vertical" />

please give me some good solution ,i have all ready tried scrollView in xml.

Please provide layout file. refer stackoverflow.com/questions/1748977/… or stackoverflow.com/questions/10904234/… — Tulsiram Rathod
– Tulsiram Rathod, Commented Feb 7, 2015 at 5:06
Here are my notes about this: android:maxLines = "AN_INTEGER" android:scrollbars = "vertical" TextView tv = ((TextView) findViewById(R.id. info)); tv.setMovementMethod( new ScrollingMovementMethod()); — X-Ray
– X-Ray, Commented Feb 7, 2015 at 5:07
possible duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/1748977/… — Apurva
– Apurva, Commented Feb 7, 2015 at 8:27

user4537874 · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-07 05:51:07Z

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In properties of your TextView in your layout's xml file set:

android:scrollbars = "vertical"

answered Feb 7, 2015 at 5:51

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gunjan kumar · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-28 07:10:09Z

If you r using AS then above fix may not work ....try this...... In properties of your TextView in your layout's xml file set:

android:scrollbars = "vertical"

Saurabh Rajpal · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-07 06:04:33Z

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Try adding scrollable = true and scrollbar = vertical in your text view properties in the layout xml..

edited Feb 7, 2015 at 6:04

answered Feb 7, 2015 at 5:27

Saurabh Rajpal

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kumar kundan Over a year ago

i don,t understand ,plss be more specific.

Saurabh Rajpal Over a year ago

What I meant was add android:scrollable="true" and android:scrollbars="vertical" in your XML..

kumar kundan Over a year ago

there is no scrollable field for TextView.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:59:49Z

You can also do this in programatically(.class) by adding this lines

yourtextView.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(true); yourtextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());

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