android:maxLines and android:ellipsis results in ellipsis not displayed

[bubbleguuum]

A TextView defining both maxLine (whatever the value) and ellipsize results in the TextView applying the custom font but not displaying the ellipsis (...) for strings longer than maxLines.

      <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        fontPath="@string/media_item_title_font"      
        android:maxLines="2"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        tools:ignore="MissingPrefix" />

With the following text:

this is line1
this is line2
this is line3

the TextView above will display:

this is line1
this is line2

instead of:

this is line1
this is line2...

Removing the fontPath element produces the expected result

[RomanZhilich]

Try playing with android:includeFontPadding
As far as I remember android:ellipsize is a huge pain. It only works reliable with android:singleLine.

[bubbleguuum]

android:includeFontPadding doesn't help unfortunately.
singleLine works properly but the equivalent maxLines=1 combined with ellipsize="end" doesn't...

The TextView code is super complex and it is not obvious why it doesn't work..

[chrisjenx]

Again this is odd, I used android:ellipsize and it works for me (singleLine admittedly). I'll add it to 1.1 backlog to investigate after 1.0 goes out the door.

[bubbleguuum]

singleLine works with ellipsizing. But doesn't with maxLines.

But after more research, it is not a Calligraphy bug but with ellipsizing not working with Spannable text:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14691511/textview-using-spannable-ellipsize-doesnt-work

[chrisjenx]

@bubbleguuum ahh ok, That will effect 1.0 as we moved to using Spannables to set the Typeface.
Thanks for the heads up.

[bubbleguuum]

I wonder if using a Spannable to set the Typeface may have other undesired side effects.
The TextView code is full of Spannable specific code.

[chrisjenx]

Agreed but it let's us set typeface where text view does stupid things.
On 30 May 2014 11:32, "bubbleguuum" notifications@github.com wrote:

I wonder if using a Spannable to set the Typeface may have other undesired
side effects.

—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
#43 (comment)
.

[chrisjenx]

@bubbleguuum this should be been cleared up, we only use Spannable in rare cases now (mainly ActionBar(Sub)Title.

Closing.

[PankajChunchun]

Spannable in rare cases? No. Now a days, we use in many cases and this issue still exists...

[dinakarmaurya-innova]

Setting below attribute works(show ... at the end) only if the TextView width is match parent
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true"

[AnwarShahriar]

Setting below attribute works(show ... at the end) only if the TextView width is match parent
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true"

Thanks @dinakarmaurya-innova this actually worked.