Whatsapp and Telegram message layout
If you are wondering how WhatsApp and Telegram handle the time shown in every message.
For those who don't know:
- If the message is very short, the text and time are in the same row.
- If the message is long, the time is in the bottom right corner - the text wrapped around it.
Extended FrameLayout that wrap its content when ther 63FA e is no place in the current line.
In your layout use TextViewFlowLayout as your TextView parent layout:
<com.example.textviewflowlayout.TextViewFlowLayout
android:layout_width="220dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingStart="4dp"
android:paddingEnd="4dp"
android:paddingBottom="4dp">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/message"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:maxWidth="220dp"
android:paddingStart="4dp"
android:paddingEnd="4dp"
android:text='@{item.message}'
tools:text="Hello World!"
tools:visibility="visible" />
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
android:id="@+id/time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:gravity="end"
android:paddingStart="8dp"
android:paddingEnd="4dp"
android:text="12:45 AM"
android:textSize="10sp"
tools:ignore="SmallSp"
tools:text="22:02 AM" />
</com.example.textviewflowlayout.TextViewFlowLayout>