Android Add Textview in java file, not XML

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I need to be able to add a textview to my app with code, not using the XML or Graphic interface... I have an imageview, but cannot figure out how to modify it to get a Textview (Im new to Android)...

Here is my imageview code:

//Add view using Java Code
ImageView imageView = new ImageView(AndroidAddViewActivity.this);
imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.icon);
LayoutParams imageViewLayoutParams 
= new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
imageView.setLayoutParams(imageViewLayoutParams);

mainLayout.addView(imageView);

Brad Lord · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03 19:10:37Z

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TextView textView = new TextView(this);
textView.setText("the text");
LayoutParams textViewLayoutParams = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
textView.setLayoutParams(textViewLayoutParams);
mainLayout.addView(textView);

answered Aug 3, 2011 at 19:10

Brad Lord

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Nitesh Verma Over a year ago

what might be the data type for the mainLayout variable (View) ?

David Medenjak · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-13 10:36:10Z

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You can do so with the following:

TextView textView = new TextView(this);
textView.setText("the text");

edited Mar 13, 2016 at 10:36

David Medenjak

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answered Mar 13, 2016 at 6:42

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Hassnain · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-16 05:34:36Z

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You can add like

TextView nameHere = new TextView(this);
nameHere.setText("your text here");

This is just simple line of code you can modify it to do much more :)

answered Mar 16, 2018 at 5:34

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