Evenly space out text inside a TextView

Question

Is there a way to make a given text fill up the entire TextView width no matter on the length of the text by stretching the spaces between characters, similar to how word does so.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '20 at 03:51

Your options are pretty limited with TextView.

SUGGESTION: Try WebView (or equivalent), and you might be able to do something like this:

Force single line of text in element to fill width with CSS

div {
  text-align: justify;
}

div:after {
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '20 at 03:58

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Based on width of your TextView, calculate new letter spacing then use TextView.setLetterSpacing(float letterSpacing).

See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setLetterSpacing(float) for more information.

answered May 21 '20 at 03:58

TaQuangTu

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Is there a way to automatically set spacing to fit the entire width? – Eddie May 21 '20 at 04:05
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@Eddie In my best knowledge, there is no automatic method like that! – TaQuangTu May 21 '20 at 04:15

Evenly space out text inside a TextView

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