Android button's text always ellipsized

Question

I have a layout with 4 buttons (which I am trying to get of equal size). The problem is I don't want the text on my first button to be ellipsized. I have tried many things: setting the ellipsize attribute to "none", setting the singleLine attribute to false, cutting off the paddings, none of them worked.

Everything looks fine in eclipse graphical layout, but when I try it on a real device, the said issue occurs, no matter how large the screen is. At first, I thought it was because the paddings ( I define a custom background for the button in an .xml and I use paddings on that shape). However, removing them did not work.

    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:background="@drawable/gradient_bkg"
    tools:context=".StartActivity" >

    <TableLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <TableRow android:layout_weight="1.0">
   <LinearLayout 
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
       android:gravity="center">

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/random_words"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
            android:layout_weight="1.0"
            android:background="@drawable/button_sexy"
            android:text="Random two words"
            android:drawableLeft="@drawable/drinks"/>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/no_data"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
            android:layout_weight="1.0"
            android:background="@drawable/button_sexy"
            android:text="No data"
            android:drawableLeft="@drawable/body_data" />

   </LinearLayout></TableRow>

    <TableRow android:layout_weight="1">
   <LinearLayout
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
       android:gravity="center" >

       <Button
           android:id="@+id/result"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="match_parent"
           android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
           android:layout_weight="1"
           android:background="@drawable/button_sexy"
           android:text="Result"
           android:drawableLeft="@drawable/results" />

       <Button
           android:id="@+id/reset"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="match_parent"
           android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
           android:layout_weight="1"
           android:background="@drawable/button_sexy"
           android:text="Reset"
           android:drawableLeft="@drawable/reset"/>
   </LinearLayout>
   </TableRow>
   </TableLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

Your code is amazing and perfect. The problem you indicated will occur only for lower APIs, because you added a Theme.Holo in your manifest, which acts strange for older APIs.

Simplest solution, since you are using a custom LAF anyway, : replace Theme.Holo with Theme.Black in your manifest.