PowenKo, Android, Tutorial 010-1, UI, TextView marquee

marquee text in android

package com.powenko.Tutorial_UI_TextView_Marquee;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Tutorial_UI_TextView_MarqueeActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
	 private TextView tv;
	 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.mywidget);  
        tv.setSelected(true);  // Set focus to the textview
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/mywidget"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:lines="1"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:textColor="#ff4500"
        android:text="Simple application that shows how to use marquee, with a long text" />
</RelativeLayout>

sample code:
Tutorial_UI_TextView_Marquee