{"id":3257,"date":"2024-03-13T06:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-achieve-scrolling-text-on-an-android-device\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:38:58","slug":"how-to-achieve-scrolling-text-on-an-android-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-achieve-scrolling-text-on-an-android-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Scrolling TextView Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are multiple methods to implement text scrolling in Android, here is one simple approach:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Add a TextView component in the XML layout file and set its attribute to be scrollable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">TextView<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@+id\/scrollingText\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"match_parent\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:scrollbars<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"vertical\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:maxLines<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"5\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:scrollbarStyle<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"insideOverlay\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:fadeScrollbars<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"false\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:text<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Your text here\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:textSize<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"18sp\"<\/span>\/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>In the Activity, locate the TextView component and set a scrolling effect for it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-type\">TextView<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">scrollingText<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> findViewById(R.id.scrollingText);\r\nscrollingText.setMovementMethod(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ScrollingMovementMethod<\/span>());\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This allows the text displayed in the TextView to scroll vertically. 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