Wish Wordwrap property in native Listview

[CidTek]

Wordwrap=0 property in native Listview

Is this possible?

 

[Erel]

What do you mean with Wordwrap=0?

 

[CidTek]

A new setting that would prevent word wrapping when the text is too long for the width so I don't have to extend the LV label widths beyond the activity width.

 

[Erel]

You can decrease the label height to make it show a single line.

Another option is to use CustomListView class. Calling AddText will add a label that will show the complete text.

 

[CidTek]

You can decrease the label height to make it show a single line.

I suppose so but that works against the aesthetics of my app with the use of whitespace and my choices of font sizes across many device types and different screen ppi. It just would be simpler to never have to worry about word wrapping (or even just hints of it being visible) with some devices.

Can this be implemented or is there an obstacle to it being done?

 

[Erel]

It can be implemented. However only in a future version of Basic4android as it is implemented in the core library.

 

[Informatix]

I suppose so but that works against the aesthetics of my app with the use of whitespace and my choices of font sizes across many device types and different screen ppi. It just would be simpler to never have to worry about word wrapping (or even just hints of it being visible) with some devices.

Can this be implemented or is there an obstacle to it being done?

You can use the Reflection library to set a single line for your label:

R.Target = your_label
R.RunMethod2("setSingleLine", True, "java.lang.boolean")

 

[Erel]

The above code will work with a regular label. Not with ListView labels.

 

[CidTek]

It can be implemented. However only in a future version of Basic4android as it is implemented in the core library.

Could you please consider adding this to the next release?

 

[Erel]

It will be considered.

 

[CidTek]

Thank you!

 

[Mahares]

@Erel: Could you please also consider a MARQUEE effect for native listview labels when the line is too long? Something like:
SetEllipsize(ListView.SingleLineLayout.Label, "MARQUEE")

 

[CidTek]

Is Marquee the same as replacing last few characters with an ellipses?

 

[Erel]

Note that you unless your lists are longer than 1000 items then you can simply switch to CustomListView class and make all the changes you need.

 

[Erel]

It might be implemented in the future.

 

[Erel]

You can use CustomListView instead.