EditText.setError() on single line

Question

I have a question about EditText.setError().

I have an EditText :

<TextView android:id="@+id/sc_num"
                style="@style/textLabel"
                android:text="@string/scnum"
                android:layout_below="@+id/creditCard"/>
<EditText android:id="@+id/credit"              
android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
android:layout_below="@+id/sc_num"
android:layout_alignRight="@+id/state"/>

I want to display the error message "please enter a valid security code" using the setError() method.

When I run the app I'm getting an error displayed in multiple lines as shown in the picture

security code Edit text

What would I do to display this error in single line?

final EditText cardSCNoField = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.credit); String cardSCNoString = cardSCNoField.getText().toString().trim(); cardSCNoField.setError("The Security code no is not valid please enter a valid code."); — hemanth kumar, Aug 03 '11 at 10:12
give some width to edittext and it will display correctly like fill_parent — ingsaurabh, Aug 03 '11 at 10:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 23 '13 at 21:05

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Try android:scrollHorizontally="true".

EDIT: Use android:SingleLine="true".

edited Jun 23 '13 at 21:05

jenzz

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answered Aug 03 '11 at 12:07

Hanry

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Just so you know, singleLine is deprecated. – Otra Aug 04 '11 at 14:26
@hemanth kumar Last time try out: android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="50dip" working for me... – Hanry Aug 04 '11 at 14:37

EditText.setError() on single line

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