{"id":3266,"date":"2024-03-13T06:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T06:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-implement-scrolling-to-a-specific-position-in-a-textview-in-android\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:46:52","slug":"how-can-i-implement-scrolling-to-a-specific-position-in-a-textview-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-implement-scrolling-to-a-specific-position-in-a-textview-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Android TextView Scrolling: scrollTo() Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To scroll a TextView to a specific position, you can achieve it by calling the TextView&#8217;s scrollTo() or scrollBy() method.<\/p>\n<p>The scrollTo() method scrolls the TextView to a specified coordinate position, with the parameter being relative to the TextView. 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