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sarahk Code is Art Posts: 159 Reg: Jul 16, 2014 Auckland 10,290	confirm \| cancel 03/04/16 05:45 AM (8 years ago) Menu with Image Hi Susan Is there a best practice way to truncate menu names for Android? In iOS long labels just run off the screen which is great. In android they wrap, which you'd think would be good but isn't. I'll just chop them off at a particular length but that risks being too short on some devices. Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5dadg1bxk1h55p0/screenshot-android.png?dl=0 Title Comments Hi Susan Is there a best practice way to truncate menu names for Android? In iOS long labels just run off the screen which is great. In android they wrap, which you'd think would be good but isn't. I'll just chop them off at a particular length but that risks being too short on some devices. Example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5dadg1bxk1h55p0/screenshot-android.png?dl=0

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	03/04/16 07:24 AM (8 years ago) Hi Sarah, I think it's going to depend entirely on the device being used, the screen size of that device, the resolution of the screen, whether the user has weird fonts or not, the font size you've selected in your control panel, and about a billion other Android oddities you'll run into! I haven't seen any recommendations with respect to menu text length for Android. iOS handles it much better for sure. Mark Comments Hi Sarah, I think it's going to depend entirely on the device being used, the screen size of that device, the resolution of the screen, whether the user has weird fonts or not, the font size you've selected in your control panel, and about a billion other Android oddities you'll run into! I haven't seen any recommendations with respect to menu text length for Android. iOS handles it much better for sure. Mark

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	03/04/16 02:57 PM (8 years ago) I'm still looking for an 'elegant' solution... but for the moment, Android has the 'ellipsize' property in the text view: <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/text_mytext" android:ellipsize="end" android:singleLine="true" /> It shouldn't take but a second to see if it'll work for you; test it in a sample xml layout file. Cheers! -- Smug Comments I'm still looking for an 'elegant' solution... but for the moment, Android has the 'ellipsize' property in the text view: <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/text_mytext" android:ellipsize="end" android:singleLine="true" /> It shouldn't take but a second to see if it'll work for you; test it in a sample xml layout file. Cheers! -- Smug

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	03/04/16 03:11 PM (8 years ago) Smug is so much smarter than me! Total code ninja! Comments Smug is so much smarter than me! Total code ninja!

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3278 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,880	03/06/16 07:48 AM (8 years ago) Awesome Smug! LA Comments Awesome Smug! LA

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