Question

I have several text edits in a table layout. With small values, the TextEdits stretch to the edge of the screen. However, large values cause the TextEdits to expand past the screen edge. How do I keep the textedit width to the screen edge at all times?

    <TableLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:stretchColumns="1">
        <TableRow android:baselineAligned="true" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
            <TextView android:id="@+id/textView4" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Perm:" style="@style/PlainText" android:layout_width="wrap_content"></TextView>
            <EditText android:id="@+id/f" android:hint="0" android:scrollHorizontally="true"></EditText>
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
            <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="5dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" style="@style/PlainText" android:id="@+id/textView5" android:text="w/ repetition:" android:gravity="right"></TextView>
            <EditText android:id="@+id/e" android:hint="0" android:scrollHorizontally="true"></EditText>
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
            <TextView android:id="@+id/TextView01" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Combinations:" style="@style/PlainText"></TextView>
            <EditText android:id="@+id/d" android:hint="0" android:scrollHorizontally="true"></EditText>
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
            <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="5dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" style="@style/PlainText" android:id="@+id/textView6" android:text="w/ repetition:" android:gravity="right"></TextView>
            <EditText android:id="@+id/c" android:hint="0" android:scrollHorizontally="true"></EditText>
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
            <TextView android:id="@+id/TextView03" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="# of subsets:" style="@style/PlainText"></TextView>
            <EditText android:id="@+id/b" android:hint="0" android:scrollHorizontally="true"></EditText>
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content">
            <TextView android:id="@+id/TextView04" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Pigeonhole:" style="@style/PlainText"></TextView>
            <EditText android:id="@+id/z" android:hint="0" android:scrollHorizontally="true"></EditText>
        </TableRow>
    </TableLayout>

Answer 1

something like this can restrict the no of letters user input into the edit text.

android:maxLength="10"

this will restrict the over flow of characters.

i noticed some are numeric fields. so using

android:inputType="number"

or any other matching option.

UPDATE

something like this will stretch the selected column to take up the remaining space

<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:stretchColumns="1">
    <TableRow>
        <TextView
            android:layout_column="1"
            android:text="Open..."
            android:padding="3dip" />
        <TextView
            android:text="Ctrl-O"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:padding="3dip" />
    </TableRow>
</TableLayout>

check this link for more info

http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tablelayout.html