Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.text.TextPaint; import android.text.TextUtils; import android.util.Log; import android.widget.TextView; public class Main { public static String getEllipsisedText(TextView textView) { try { String text = textView.getText().toString(); int lines = textView.getLineCount(); int width = textView.getWidth(); int len = text.length(); Log.d("Test", "text-->" + text + "; lines-->" + lines + "; width-->" + width + ";len-->" + len); TextUtils.TruncateAt where = TextUtils.TruncateAt.END; TextPaint paint = textView.getPaint(); StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(); int spos = 0, cnt, tmp, hasLines = 0; while (hasLines < lines - 1) { cnt = paint.breakText(text, spos, len, true, width, null); if (cnt >= len - spos) { result.append(text.substring(spos)); break; } tmp = text.lastIndexOf('\n', spos + cnt - 1); if (tmp >= 0 && tmp < spos + cnt) { result.append(text.substring(spos, tmp + 1)); spos += tmp + 1; } else { tmp = text.lastIndexOf(' ', spos + cnt - 1); if (tmp >= spos) { result.append(text.substring(spos, tmp + 1)); spos += tmp + 1; } else { result.append(text.substring(spos, cnt)); spos += cnt; } } hasLines++; } if (spos < len) { result.append(TextUtils.ellipsize(text.subSequence(spos, len), paint, (float) width, where)); } return result.toString(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }