There are a few ways to make a TextView scrollable in Android. One way is to use the android:scrollbars
attribute in the XML layout file to enable scrollbars on the TextView. For example:
<TextView
android:id="@+id/my_textview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello, World!"
android:scrollbars="vertical" />
In this example, the scrollbars attribute is set to "vertical", which will enable a vertical scrollbar on the TextView. You can also set it to "horizontal" to enable a horizontal scrollbar, or "both" to enable both vertical and horizontal scrollbars.
Another way to make a TextView scrollable is to use a ScrollView. A ScrollView is a container that allows the user to scroll through a single child view, such as a TextView. For example:
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/my_textview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello, World!" />
</ScrollView>
In this example, the TextView is placed inside a ScrollView, which allows the user to scroll through the TextView.
You can also programmatically make a TextView scrollable by using the setMovementMethod()
method and passing it a ScrollingMovementMethod
object. For example:
val myTextView: TextView = findViewById(R.id.my_textview)
myTextView.movementMethod = ScrollingMovementMethod()
In this example, the movementMethod
property of the TextView is set to a new ScrollingMovementMethod
object, which allows the TextView to be scrolled.
In summary, to make a TextView scrollable in Android, you can use the android:scrollbars
attribute, use a ScrollView, or programmatically set the movementMethod
property of the TextView to a ScrollingMovementMethod
object.