Material Text View
Using text views
A MaterialTextView is a derivative of AppCompatTextView that displays text to
the user. To provide user-editable text, see
Design & API Documentation
Usage
Example code of how to include the component in your layout is listed here for reference.
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/text_view_id"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello" />
</LinearLayout>
Note: If you use our full themes (which we recommend), TextView will auto-inflate to MaterialTextView, otherwise, you will need to specify <com.google.android.material.textview in your xml.
Attributes
MaterialTextView supports all of the standard attributes that can be changed
for a
The following additional attributes can be changed in TextAppearance and applied to a MaterialTextView:
Feature | Relevant attributes |
---|---|
Line Height | android:lineHeight |