Android TextView – Maximum Length

Text Maximum Length in TextView

To set the maximum length for text in TextView widget, set the maxLength attribute with required number of length. If the length of text exceeds the maximum length, then the text is truncated to the specified length.

<TextView
	android:maxLength="50"
        android:text="Hello World! Welcome to Kotlin Android Tutorial. Learn Android development using Kotlin language." />

<TextView
	android:maxLength="60"
        android:text="Hello World! Welcome to Kotlin Android Tutorial. Learn Android development using Kotlin language." />

Example

Create an Android Application with Kotlin support and Empty Activity. Create three TextView widgets with different text sizes.

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:maxLength="50"
        android:text="Hello World! Welcome to Kotlin Android Tutorial. Learn Android development using Kotlin language." />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:maxLength="60"
        android:text="Hello World! Welcome to Kotlin Android Tutorial. Learn Android development using Kotlin language." />

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.kt

package com.kotlinandroid.myapp

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    }
}

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