Android Word-Wrap EditText text

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I have been trying to get my EditText box to word wrap, but can't seem to do it.

I have dealt with much more complicated issues while developing Android applications, and this seems like it should be a straightforward process.

However, the issue remains, and I have a large text box that is only allowing me to enter text on one line, continuing straight across, scrolling horizontally as I enter text.

Here is the XML code for the EditText object from my layout file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/myWidget48"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    >
 <ScrollView
    android:id="@+id/myScrollView"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    >
    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/widget37"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
    >

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/txtNotes"
        android:layout_width="300px"
        android:layout_height="120px"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
        android:inputType="textCapSentences"
        >
    </EditText>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
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12 Answers

Enclosing the entire activity in scroll view and placing the following edit text with in linear layout worked like a charm for me.

The edit text would scroll itself vertically pressing enter, code as follows 

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:ems="10"
    android:hint="Enter somehting"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine"
    android:maxLength="2000"
    android:maxLines="6"
    android:scrollHorizontally="false"
    android:scrollbars="vertical" >
user_30483680

Try this, changing gravity to top|left worked for me, along with input type textmultiline

<EditText
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:background="@color/color_red"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    android:gravity="top|left"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine|textCapSentences"
    android:lines="10"
    android:maxWidth="200dp"
    android:maxLength="200"
    android:maxLines="10"
    android:singleLine="false"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
    android:textSize="26sp" />
user_53212500
jsha_611260

Also set the parent layout width, (Layout_width property) . For example layout_width=250sp

otherwise , EditText or TextView dont wrap to next line till it reach the end of mobile border. So define the Layout_width

user_118994290

Try this. It works in my edittext.

 android:gravity="top|start"
user_166137100

Note: step 1 - create a custom class for EditText wordWrap.

Android hasn't this property. But you can replace all breaking characters with ReplacementTransformationMethod.

public class WordBreakTransformationMethod extends ReplacementTransformationMethod
{
    private static WordBreakTransformationMethod instance;
    private WordBreakTransformationMethod() {}

    public static WordBreakTransformationMethod getInstance()
    {
        if (instance == null)
        {
            instance = new WordBreakTransformationMethod();
        }
        return instance;
    }

    private static char[] dash = new char[] {'-', '\u2011'};
    private static char[] space = new char[] {' ', '\u00A0'};

    private static char[] original = new char[] {dash[0], space[0]};
    private static char[] replacement = new char[] {dash[1], space[1]};

    @Override
    protected char[] getOriginal()
    {
        return original;
    }

    @Override
    protected char[] getReplacement()
    {
        return replacement;
    }
}

Step 2 - In Activity , write below code,

In Android : 

myEditText.setTransformationMethod(WordBreakTransformationMethod.getInstance());

In Kotlin:

myEditText.setTransformationMethod= WordBreakTransformationMethod.getInstance

In Xml:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal">
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/myEditText"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
        android:scrollHorizontally="false" />
</LinearLayout>
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