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TextView auto scroll down to display bottom of text

TextView auto scroll down to display bottom of text

This example show how to make a TextView auto scroll down to display bottom of text. In the demonstration, the upper TextView is normal, user cannot see the bottom of text if it is full. The lower one, the TextView will auto scroll down, such that user can see the new added text.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 
 
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="match_parent"
 android_padding="16dp"
 android_orientation="vertical"
 tools_context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidautotextview.MainActivity">

 <TextView
 android_layout_width="wrap_content"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_layout_margin="20dp"
 android_layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
 android_autoLink="web"
 android_text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
 android_textStyle="bold"/>

 <EditText
 android_id="@+id/textin"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_textSize="28dp"/>

 <Button
 android_id="@+id/btnappend"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="wrap_content"
 android_text="Append Text"/>

 <LinearLayout
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="match_parent"
 android_orientation="vertical">
 <TextView
 android_id="@+id/textout1"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="0dp"
 android_layout_weight="1"
 android_textSize="20dp"
 android_background="#D0D0D0"/>
 <TextView
 android_id="@+id/textout2"
 android_layout_width="match_parent"
 android_layout_height="0dp"
 android_layout_weight="1"
 android_textSize="20dp"
 android:gravity="bottom"
 android_background="#E0E0E0"/>
 </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidautotextview;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

 EditText editTextIn;
 TextView textViewOut1, textViewOut2;
 Button btnAppend;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

 editTextIn = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.textin);
 btnAppend = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnappend);

 textViewOut1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textout1);
 textViewOut1.setText("Its normal TextView. ");

 textViewOut2 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textout2);
 textViewOut2.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
 textViewOut2.setText("This TextView always auto scroll down to display bottom of text. ");


 btnAppend.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 @Override
 public void onClick(View view) {
 String textToAppend = editTextIn.getText().toString() + " ";
 textViewOut1.append(textToAppend);
 textViewOut2.append(textToAppend);
 editTextIn.setText("");
 }
 });
 }
}

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