How to make RatingBar to show five stars
AndroidXmlLayoutAndroid Problem Overview
I am following the standard example of how to add a RatingBar
. To control the number of stars I tried to use android:numStars="5"
. The problem is that the number of stars doesn't seem to do anything at all. In portrait-layout I get 6 stars and when I flip the phone I get about 10 stars. I tried to set the number of stars in my Activity (myBar.setNumStars(5)
) that loads the xml but there was no success with that option either.
So my question is how do I define my layout so that it will only show five stars? Set numStars
doesn't seem to work.
Thanks in advance, Roland
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
<RatingBar
android:id="@+id/rating"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="?android:attr/ratingBarStyleSmall"
android:numStars="5"
android:stepSize="0.1"
android:isIndicator="true" />
in code
mRatingBar.setRating(int)
Solution 2 - Android
The RatingBar.setNumStar
documentation says:
> Sets the number of stars to show. In order for these to be shown > properly, it is recommended the layout width of this widget be wrap > content.
So setting the layout width to wrap_content
should solve this problem.
Solution 3 - Android
This worked for me: RatingBar
should be inside LinearLayout
other than having layout width set to wrap content for RatingBar
.
Solution 4 - Android
Additionally, if you set a layout_weight
, this supersedes the numStars
attribute.
Solution 5 - Android
If you are using
android:layout_width="match_parent"
Use wrap_content and it will only show the set numStars :)
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
Solution 6 - Android
You should just use
numStars="5"
in your XML, and set
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
.
Then, you can play around with styles and other stuff, but the "wrap_content" in layout_width is what does the trick.
Solution 7 - Android
<RatingBar
android:id="@+id/ratingBar"
style="@style/custom_rating_bar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:numStars="5"
/>
Configure the number of Stars in the XML file... No need to provide it in Styles or Activity/Fragment .... IMPORTANT: Make sure you Put the WIDTH as Wrap content and weights are not enabled
Solution 8 - Android
I'm also facing the problem that exceeding the stars than specified no of stars. For this, we don't want worry about whatever the layout type either relative or linear layout. Simply use the width as follows:
ratingBar.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
Please avoid using match_parent and fill_parent for ratingbar.
Hope the things would be helpful.
Solution 9 - Android
Even i was facing the issue @Roland , I had included one more attribute called
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
in my RatingBar
declaration in XML. This attribute prevented from setting of the stars required and setting up the NumStars
Keep posted on the issues you come across !
Solution 10 - Android
For me, I had an issue until I removed the padding. It looks like there is a bug on certain devices that doesn't alter the size of the view to accommodate the padding, and instead compresses the contents.
Remove padding
, use layout_margin
instead.
Solution 11 - Android
If you are wrapping the RatingBar
inside a ConstraintLayout
with match_constraint
for its width, the editor preview is going to show a number of stars proportional to its actual width, no matter what if you set android:numStars
property. Use wrap_content
to get the correct preview:
<RatingBar android:id="@+id/myRatingBar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="48dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="48dp"
android:numStars="5"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="parent" />
Solution 12 - Android
To show a simple star rating in round figure just use this code
public static String getIntToStar(int starCount) {
String fillStar = "\u2605";
String blankStar = "\u2606";
String star = "";
for (int i = 0; i < starCount; i++) {
star = star.concat(" " + fillStar);
}
for (int j = (5 - starCount); j > 0; j--) {
star = star.concat(" " + blankStar);
}
return star;
}
And use it like this
button.setText(getIntToStar(4));
Solution 13 - Android
You can add default rating of five stars in side the xml layout
android:rating="5"
Edit:
<RatingBar
android:id="@+id/rb_vvm"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/space2"
android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/space1"
style="@style/RatingBar"
android:numStars="5"
android:stepSize="1"
android:rating="5" />
Solution 14 - Android
The default value is set with andoid:rating in the xml layout.
Solution 15 - Android
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<RatingBar
android:id="@+id/ruleRatingBar"
android:isIndicator="true"
android:numStars="5"
android:stepSize="0.5"
style="?android:attr/ratingBarStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Solution 16 - Android
I found that the RatingBar
stretched to a maximum number of stars because it was enclosed in a Table with the attribute android:stretchColumns = "*"
.
Once I took stretchCoulumns
off all columns, the RatingBar
displayed according to the android:numStars
value
Solution 17 - Android
Another possibility is you are using the Rating in Adapter of list view
View android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(int resource, ViewGroup root, boolean attachToRoot)
Below params are necessary for all the attributes to work properly:
- Set the
root
toparent
- boolean
attachToRoot
asfalse
Ex: convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.myId, parent, false);
Solution 18 - Android
The actual thing over here is to use wrap_content
instead of match_parent
. If you will use match_parent
the layout will be filled with the stars even if it is more than the numStars variable.