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copied!<p>You can try in 2 solutions:</p> <ol> <li><p>Put TextView in a ScrollView</p> <pre><code><ScrollView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <TextView android:id="@+id/TextView01" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Your Text" > </TextView> </ScrollView> </code></pre></li> <li><p>Use custom scroll TextView (same as traditional TextView but it can scroll)</p> <pre><code>import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Rect; import android.text.TextPaint; import android.util.AttributeSet; import android.view.animation.LinearInterpolator; import android.widget.Scroller; import android.widget.TextView; public class ScrollTextView extends TextView { // scrolling feature private Scroller mSlr; // milliseconds for a round of scrolling private int mRndDuration = 250; // the X offset when paused private int mXPaused = 0; // whether it's being paused private boolean mPaused = true; /* * constructor */ public ScrollTextView(Context context) { this(context, null); // customize the TextView setSingleLine(); setEllipsize(null); setVisibility(INVISIBLE); } /* * constructor */ public ScrollTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { this(context, attrs, android.R.attr.textViewStyle); // customize the TextView setSingleLine(); setEllipsize(null); setVisibility(INVISIBLE); } /* * constructor */ public ScrollTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) { super(context, attrs, defStyle); // customize the TextView setSingleLine(); setEllipsize(null); setVisibility(INVISIBLE); } /** * begin to scroll the text from the original position */ public void startScroll() { // begin from the very right side mXPaused = -1 * getWidth(); // assume it's paused mPaused = true; resumeScroll(); } /** * resume the scroll from the pausing point */ public void resumeScroll() { if (!mPaused) return; // Do not know why it would not scroll sometimes // if setHorizontallyScrolling is called in constructor. setHorizontallyScrolling(true); // use LinearInterpolator for steady scrolling mSlr = new Scroller(this.getContext(), new LinearInterpolator()); setScroller(mSlr); int scrollingLen = calculateScrollingLen(); int distance = scrollingLen - (getWidth() + mXPaused); int duration = (new Double(mRndDuration * distance * 1.00000 / scrollingLen)).intValue(); setVisibility(VISIBLE); mSlr.startScroll(mXPaused, 0, distance, 0, duration); mPaused = false; } /** * calculate the scrolling length of the text in pixel * * @return the scrolling length in pixels */ private int calculateScrollingLen() { TextPaint tp = getPaint(); Rect rect = new Rect(); String strTxt = getText().toString(); tp.getTextBounds(strTxt, 0, strTxt.length(), rect); int scrollingLen = rect.width() + getWidth(); rect = null; return scrollingLen; } /** * pause scrolling the text */ public void pauseScroll() { if (null == mSlr) return; if (mPaused) return; mPaused = true; // abortAnimation sets the current X to be the final X, // and sets isFinished to be true // so current position shall be saved mXPaused = mSlr.getCurrX(); mSlr.abortAnimation(); } @Override /* * override the computeScroll to restart scrolling when finished so as that * the text is scrolled forever */ public void computeScroll() { super.computeScroll(); if (null == mSlr) return; if (mSlr.isFinished() && (!mPaused)) { this.startScroll(); } } public int getRndDuration() { return mRndDuration; } public void setRndDuration(int duration) { this.mRndDuration = duration; } public boolean isPaused() { return mPaused; } } </code></pre></li> </ol> <p>How to use:</p> <pre><code>ScrollTextView scrolltext = (ScrollTextView) findViewById(R.id.YourTextView); </code></pre> <p><em>(ScrollTextView class source: <a href="http://bear-polka.blogspot.com/2009/01/scrolltextview-scrolling-textview-for.html" rel="noreferrer">http://bear-polka.blogspot.com/2009/01/scrolltextview-scrolling-textview-for.html</a>)</em></p>

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