How do I add a newline to a TextView in Android?

Question

When I define a TextView in xml, how do I add a new line to it? \n seems not to work.

<TextView
   android:id="@+id/txtTitlevalue"
   android:text="Line1: \n-Line2\n-Line3"
   android:layout_width="54dip"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   android:textSize="11px" />

Answer 1

Make sure your \n is in "\n" for it to work.

Answer 2

For me the solution was to add the following line to the layout:

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    ...
    >

And \n shows up as a new line in the visual editor. Hope it helps!