How to Make Scrollable TextView in Android

Android TextView allows user to display text in android application. In this tips, I will show how to make scrollable TextView in android. To make TextView scrollable, you don’t need to use ScrollView, just add android:scrollbars=”vertical” attribute in TextView and then add two line of code in your java activity file.

XML Layout File

Following is the xml layout file which contain a LinearLayout and a TextView.
res/layout/scrollable_textview.xml 

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
	<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:layout_width="match_parent"
	android:layout_height="match_parent"
	android:orientation="vertical">
	<TextView
	android:id="@+id/text_view"
	android:layout_width="match_parent"
	android:layout_height="match_parent"
	android:scrollbars="vertical"
	android:layout_margin="16dp"
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	</LinearLayout>

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Java Activity File

Following is the final code of MainActivity.java file.
src/MainActivity.java

	package com.droidinsider.androidshorttutorial;
	import android.os.Bundle;
	import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
	import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod;
	import android.widget.TextView;
	public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
	super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
	setContentView(R.layout.scrollable_textview);
	TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text_view);
	textView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
	}
	}

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Now, run your application and see texts are scrolling.

Output: