TextView Marquee not working

Question

I tried everything I can think of to make this highlight effect work. Here is my xml:

<TextView android:id="@+id/curPlaying"
    android:layout_width="320dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:ellipsize="marquee"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:marqueeRepeatLimit ="marquee_forever"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true" 
    android:textColor="#83A602"
    android:textSize="20dp"
    android:text="Nothing Loaded" />

And I set it as selected in the code. The only reason I think this may not work is the text, which changes through the code at relatively frequent intervals.

reference

Answer 1

You can check the Text Selection feature in TextView in Android 1.1R1 , which explains how you can highlight the selection area the problem is in getting the job. ScrollTextView - Scrolling TextView for Android can be a good option.

Answer 2

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<TextView
            android:id="@+id/mywidget"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:ellipsize="marquee"
            android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
            android:lines="1"
            android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
            android:scrollHorizontally="true"
            android:text="Simple application that shows how to use marquee, with a long text"
            android:textColor="#ff4500" />

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TextView tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.mywidget);
        tv.setSelected(true); // Set focus to the textview

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Answer 3

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  public class AlwaysMarqueeTextView extends TextView {

  public AlwaysMarqueeTextView(Context context) {
  super(context);
  }

  public AlwaysMarqueeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
  super(context, attrs);
  }

  public AlwaysMarqueeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
  super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
  }

  @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
  public AlwaysMarqueeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
  super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isFocused() {
  return true;
  }
  }

activity.xml

<ivar.kov.util.textViewUtil.AlwaysMarqueeTextView
  android:id="@+id/artist_tv2"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:ellipsize="marquee"
  android:focusable="true"
  android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
  android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
  android:scrollHorizontally="true"
  android:singleLine="true"
  android:text="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"/>