android - How to end TextView with 3 dots by using maxLength

Question

I have a TextView in my layout which is wrap_content in layout_width. It is limited to maximum of 15 characters so I'm using maxLength.

I need to end this TextView with 3 dots (...) and it happens only when I give the layout_width a fixed size in dp, something that I don't want to do.

I know it is possible programmatically by trimming the string after the 15th character and then adding the 3 dots, but I prefer to do that by XML.

Any idea how to end the text with 3 dots and leave it wrap_content?

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/inbox_contactName"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:lines="1"
    android:maxLines="1"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:maxLength="15"
    android:textColor="#0670b4"
    android:textSize="16sp" />

Answer 1

This will solve your problem, Use ellipsize Property in your XML Code

android:ellipsize="end" <!-- This makes the magic ... thing -->
android:maxEms="15" <!-- Limit of the Text -->
android:singleLine="true" <!-- In case if you want everything in one line -->

Edit: singleLine is deprecated. Use maxlines="1" instead.