Android Question Cross platform chat layout example, how to change the chat messages height?

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dragonguy

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i try the post Cross platform chat layout example, i facing a problem when i write many words without new line, message cannot show all, also emoji
how can i change the message height to hold all words?
 

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Erel said:
You are not writing many words, you wrote a single word. Add some spaces between the words and it will wrap.
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but we cannot limit end user to must add space to their message.
example like chinese words, when we write chinese word is no need add space,just continue.
 
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lucasheer

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I'm not sure about the chat example. I have always created my own left/right conversation views, resized them based on the text, and filled up a CustomListView.

My Left/Right views consist of a Panel & Label:



And then resized them based on the content:
B4X: 
Sub CreateLeftContentCard(text As String) As Panel
    Dim p As Panel
    p.Initialize("")
    p.SetLayout(0, 0, 100%x , 60dip)
    p.LoadLayout("messagescontentleft")
    
    lblMessagesContentLeft.Text = text
    lblMessagesContentLeft.Height = su.MeasureMultilineTextHeight(lblMessagesContentLeft, text) + 1dip
    pnlMessagesContentLeft.Height = lblMessagesContentLeft.Height + 25dip
    
    p.Height = pnlMessagesContentLeft.Height + 20dip
    Return p
End Sub

Result:


For the textbox, I hook onto TextChanged and calculate/change the height of the panels accordingly.
 
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