Made change like that, In main.xml <TextView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="@string/text_content"         android:singleLine="true"          android:ellipsize="marquee"         android:marqueeRepeatLimit ="marquee_forever"         android:scrollHorizontally="true"         android:focusable="true"         android:focusableInTouchMode="true" /> string.xml <string name="text_content">This is a android marquee textview, to view the text by left to right on the screeen.Did you see that?</string>