Meaning of the ellipsise options
See the below image to know how android:ellipsize
works
I have used following xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="none" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="start" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="middle" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="end" android:singleLine="false" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" android:layout_marginBottom="25dip" /> <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:maxLines="4" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:text="Hi make this a very long string that wraps at least 4 lines, seriously make it really really long so it gets cut off at the fourth line not joke. Just do it!" /></LinearLayout>