Introduction

In this article, we are going to see how to create a Marquee Text in Android using the Android Studio. It will show you a running view of text(I.e) it is like a news header line which is in motion.
Step 1
Create a new project in Android Studio.
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Give a name to the project and click "Next".
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Select the "Phone and Tablet" and click "Next".
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Select an empty activity and click "Next".
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At last, give the activity name and click on "Finish".
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Step 2
Setup the gradle by just locate the Gradle Scripts>>Build. Gradle 1.
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And, type the following dependency in your app's build.gradle.
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Code copy is here.
  1. maven{
  2. url "https://jitpack.io"}
Step 3
locate the Gradle Scripts>>Build. Gradle 2.
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And, type the following dependency in your app's build.gradle.
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  1. compile 'com.github.chuross:extra-textview:1.1.3'
Step 4
Next, go to app >> res >> layout >> activity_main.xml. Select activity page.
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and just type the code as follows.
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The code copy is here.
  1. <RelativeLayout
  3. xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  4. xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  5. xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
  6. android:layout_width="match_parent"
  7. android:layout_height="match_parent"
  8. tools:context=".MainActivity">
  10. <TextView
  11. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  12. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  13. android:text="Text you want"
  14. android:maxLines="1"
  15. android:ellipsize="marquee"
  16. android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
  17. android:scrollHorizontally="true"
  18. android:id="@+id/TextView03"
  19. app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
  20. app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
  21. app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
  22. app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
  24. </RelativeLayout>
Step 5
Next, go to app >> java>>Mainactivity.java. Select Mainactivity page.
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And, just type the code as follows.
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  1. public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  3. @Override
  4. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  5. super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  6. setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  8. TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
  10. tv.setSelected(true);
  11. }
  12. }
Step 6
After step 4, Sync all the dependency gradle and Mainactivity.java resource files by clicking the Sync button on the top right corner of the Gradle page.
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Step 7
Verify the preview.
->After the code is applied, the preview will appear like this.
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Step 8
Next, go to Android Studio and deploy the application. Select an Emulator or your Android mobile with USB debugging enabled. Give it a few seconds to make installations and set permissions.
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Run the application in your desired emulator (Shift + F10).
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Explanation of source code
The source code provided in this article is just the dependencies of Marquee activity and the code used in activity_main.xml will make the moving process and to define its attributes.

Summary

In this article we created the app named Marquee Text, then we have inserted a Gradle and we learned how to use the Marquee and Finally, we have deployed that as an output.
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