android:textScaleX - Stretch text horizontally in a TextView

How to Stretch text horizontally in a TextView

added in API Level 1

Sets the horizontal scaling factor for the text. Sets the extent by which text should be stretched horizontally.

1. Create an Android project, if you don't already have one.

2. Add a TextView in the main.xml file.

3. In the main.xml file, add the code below.

<TextView
        ...
       android:textScaleX = "2"
/>

4. Compile and run!

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Resources:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:textScaleX
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#textScaleX
http://docs.go-mono.com/index.aspx?link=P%3AAndroid.Widget.TextView.TextScaleX