Android Word-Wrap Edittext Text

Android Word-Wrap EditText text

Besides finding the source of the issue, I found the solution. If android:inputType is used, then textMultiLine must be used to enable multi-line support. Also, using inputType supersedes the code android:singleLine="false". If using inputType, then, to reiterate, textMultiLine must be used or the EditText object will only consist of one line, without word-wrapping.

Edit: Thank you Jacob Malliet for providing further good advice on this. He suggested to set the boolean scrollHorizontally property to false, 'android:scrollHorizontally="false"'.

Example XML code:

<EditText
    android:id ="@+id/edtInput"
    android:layout_width ="0dip" 
    android:layout_height ="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_weight ="1" 
    android:inputType="textCapSentences|textMultiLine"
    android:maxLines ="4" 
    android:maxLength ="2000" 
    android:hint ="@string/compose_hint"
    android:scrollHorizontally="false" />

EditText word wrap

I have removed all unnecessary attributes and put only required attribute android:maxLines="20",

So it looks like this,

    <EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine"
    android:maxLines="20" />

EditText with word-wrap, without line breaks, and with keyboard action set to next

I found out you have to do this by code because some XML attributes get ignored in particular cases.

In your layout, make sure you do not set textMultiline as input type, then use the following code:

mEditText.setMaxLines(Integer.MAX_VALUE); // Or specify a lower value if you want
mEditText.setHorizontallyScrolling(false);

I've been trying to add text wrap to my edittext, and nothing looks right

Set max lines in EditText:

android:maxLines="5" 

or any number instead of 5.

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