Making TextView scrollable on Android ?

I am displaying text in a textview that appears to be too long to fit into one screen. I need to make my TextView scrollable. How can I do that? A1. in XML       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <ScrollView android:id="@+id/SCROLLER_ID" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:fillViewport="true"> <TextView android:id="@+id/TEXT_STATUS_ID" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0"/> </ScrollView> </LinearLayout> A2. You can do your work by simply adding: android:scrollbars = "vertical"      And, put this code in your Java class: textview.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod()); A3.  In Java       This will provide smooth scrolling text with a scroll bar. ScrollView scroller = new ScrollView(this); TextView tv = new TextView(this); tv.setText(R.string.my_text); scroller.addView(tv);   XML Side: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" tools:context="com.mbh.usbcom.MainActivity"> <TextView android:id="@+id/tv_log" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Log:" /> </RelativeLayout>    JavaSide : tv_log = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_log); tv_log.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());

A4.Add the following in the textview in XML.

android:scrollbars="vertical" In the Java file. textView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod()); A5.The code below creates an automatic horizontal scrolling textview:     TextView to xml use <TextView android:maxLines="1" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:scrollHorizontally="true"/>     In Java tv.setSelected(true); tv.setHorizontallyScrolling(true);