by CharlyBr | Android

Android: center text horizontally and vertically in a TextView

By default, text appears on the top left of a TextView.

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To center it vertically, you need to use the gravity property :

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In your xml layout file, add the following property :

android:gravity="center_vertical"

To center the text vertically and horizontally :

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Use the following property :

android:gravity="center"

To do it programmatically, use the following syntax :

MyTextView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER)