How to create scrollable Textview in android

Question

I had a requirement where I need to create a scrollable textview in android.
for Example I had a a long Text that needs to displayed in TextView.
Initially it should show part of Text with a Hyperlink "showmore" . Click on "showmore" link should display full Text that scrolls the entire layout.

Can anyone help me to create this type of label ("TextView") in Android

Thanks in Advance

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1748977/making-textview-scrollable-in-android — Emil, Aug 14 '15 at 06:49
every TextView is "scrollable" just use any of `View#scroll*` method — pskink, Aug 14 '15 at 06:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 14 '15 at 06:57

n your XML layout file:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:scrollbars="vertical"
    android:text="@string/hello" />

In your Java class file:

TextView mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text_view);
mTextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '15 at 08:45

If you want, you can add a ScrollView wrapping your TextView:

<ScrollView
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:scrollbars="vertical"
  android:padding="10dp"
  android:layout_margin="5dp">
    <TextView
      android:id="@+id/textView"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:textSize="18sp"/>
  </ScrollView>

How to create scrollable Textview in android

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