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Android

Jegnesh Gehlot
Jegnesh Gehlot
5,452 Points
Posted by Jegnesh Gehlot
Jegnesh Gehlot
5,452 Points

How to rotate text in a textview by using xml?

I am trying to rotate text in a textview but its not aligning right. Here is the code:

<LinearLayout android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="59.5" android:background="@android:color/holo_red_light" android:orientation="horizontal" android:weightSum="4">

                    <LinearLayout
                        android:layout_width="0dp"
                        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                        android:layout_weight="1">

                    <TextView
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="match_parent"
                        android:singleLine="true"
                        android:rotation="270"
                        android:layout_gravity="bottom"
                        android:gravity="center"
                        android:text="My Video Report"/>

                    </LinearLayout>
                    <ImageView
                        android:layout_width="0dp"
                        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                        android:layout_weight="3"
                        android:gravity="center"
                        android:src="@drawable/ic_stat_name"/>
                </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

2 Answers

Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points
Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points

Hi Jegnesh

Interesting question. I have never used this property myself I have always manipulated views by painting them to a canvas as it allows greater flexibility about where and how I want things placed, that said however I looked up a few similar issues on stack overflow and it seems possible.

Have you tried altering the Linear layout to match_parent for both width and height so it fills the screen and then set the textview to wrap_content for both width and height. What i'm think is if the view fills both the width and height of the parent view it won't fit correctly when spun 207 degrees.

Sorry, it's not really much help.

Let me know if the above doesn't work and I will try to write a dummy application myself

Thanks Daniel

Jegnesh Gehlot
Jegnesh Gehlot
5,452 Points
Jegnesh Gehlot
Jegnesh Gehlot
5,452 Points

Daniel, Thanks for your response. I was about to implement a canvas but then I found a post on stackoverflow that helped me achieve what I was looking for. Here is the link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2888780/is-it-possible-to-write-vertically-in-a-textview-in-android/12433475#12433475

But I appreciate your help and I personally think the best way to go is using canvas so I select your suggestion as best answer.

Thanks