TextView not expanding or collapsing when using ExpandableTextView

Hi,

Thanks for creating this ExpandableTextView, it is exactly what I am looking to do, however, I’m not sure what I am missing because the textview is not expanding or collapsing for me.

I have the following ExpandableTextView in my layout:

<at.blogc.android.views.ExpandableTextView
                android:id="@+id/tv_JobDesc"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="14sp"
                android:textColor="@color/laborswipe_darkgray"
                android:text="aasdf
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                 a
                 a
                 a
                 "
                android:maxLines="5"
                android:ellipsize="end"
                android:background="@color/white"/>

I am trying to expand the ExpandableTextView in my adapter class like this:

public class JobAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Job> {
    private final Context context;
    private final ArrayList<Job> jobs;
    private final int layoutResourceId;
    private ExpandableTextView desc = null;
    private Button expand = null;
    private boolean isExpanded = false;

    public JobAdapter(Context context, int layoutResourceId, ArrayList<Job> jobs) {
        super(context, layoutResourceId, jobs);
        this.context = context;
        this.jobs = jobs;
        this.layoutResourceId = layoutResourceId;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View view = convertView;
        ViewHolder holder = null;

        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService((Activity.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE));

        if (view == null) {
            view = inflater.inflate(layoutResourceId, parent, false);

            holder = new ViewHolder();
            holder.title = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.tv_jobTitle);
            //holder.description = (ExpandableTextView)view.findViewById(R.id.tv_JobDesc);
            desc = (ExpandableTextView)view.findViewById(R.id.tv_JobDesc);
            //holder.expand = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_descExpand);
            expand = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_descExpand);

            view.setTag(holder);
        } else {
            holder = (ViewHolder)view.getTag();
        }

        Job j = jobs.get(position);

        holder.title.setText(j.getJobTitle());
        //holder.description.setText(j.getDescription());
        desc.setText(j.getDescription());
        // set animation duration via code, but preferable in your layout files by using the animation_duration attribute
        desc.setAnimationDuration(1000L);

        // set interpolators for both expanding and collapsing animations
        desc.setInterpolator(new OvershootInterpolator());

        // or set them separately
        desc.setExpandInterpolator(new OvershootInterpolator());
        desc.setCollapseInterpolator(new OvershootInterpolator());

        //when user clicks the expand/collapse button, expand or collapse the description field
        holder.expand.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                System.out.println("Expanding Button Clicked!");
                desc.toggle();
                expand.setText(desc.isExpanded() ? "Collapse" : "Expand");
            }
        });

        // listen for expand / collapse events
        desc.setOnExpandListener(new ExpandableTextView.OnExpandListener() {
            @Override
            public void onExpand(final ExpandableTextView view) {
                Log.d("TextView", "ExpandableTextView expanded");
            }

            @Override
            public void onCollapse(final ExpandableTextView view) {
                Log.d("TextView", "ExpandableTextView collapsed");
            }
        });

        return view;
    }

    static class ViewHolder
    {
        TextView title;
        ExpandableTextView description;
        Button expand;
    }
}

I’m not sure what I am missing, am I not able to use the ExpandableTextView in a custom adapter?

Thanks for the help!

[Cliffus]

Hi!

thanks for using ExpandabletextView and reporting this issue. I’ll try to reproduce this issue and provide a solution / fix for your problem. In the meantime, can you double check that the length of the job descriptions exceeds the max length of the TextView?

How urgent do you need a solution for this issue?

Thanks again!

[Cliffus]

you’re welcome! if you need help with any other issues, let me know!