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Asked: 2026-06-03T02:42:04+00:00

I’m using ViewPagerIndicator http://viewpagerindicator.com/ The theme specifies a style, which is being used (I

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I’m using ViewPagerIndicator http://viewpagerindicator.com/

The theme specifies a style, which is being used (I can change the text colour in the style and see it affect the tab text)

<style name="TabText" parent="Widget.TabPageIndicator.Text">
  <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
  <item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
  <item name="android:ellipsize">end</item>
</style>

I want to control how longer tab names are handled. I want to trial using wrap_content (i.e. so tabs resize to wrap the text width) and I also want to trial using ellipsizing on long text (i.e. tabs all the same width, but if the title is too long, it ellipsizes).

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The ellipsizing works on older devices (e.g. the Nexus One)

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But on ICS the ellipsizing is not working, and the title just truncates

How do I control the width & ellipsizing of tab text in VPI?

(on a related note I find long text by default wraps in VPI, so I’m search-replacing spaces with non-breaking spaces to stop that as singleLine=true in the style causes VPI to throw a cast exception)

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  1. Editorial Team

    The solution appears to be simple, to add singleLine=true" to the style. It seems the truncation was not truncation, but actually wrapping.

    Adding this attribute no longer causes a cast exception in VPI in my project, so I can only assume some other factor was involved in the cast exception I was seeing previously.

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