Android How To Add Tooltip Message Near To A View

Tooltip is a simple popup message tip shown near to a view. It is similar to its web version that shown when you mouse over it. It is helpful for giving special or extra information about a UI element in the page. From API Level 26 Android introduces new property called android:tooltipText through this we achieve Tooltip funtionality.

Prerequisites

API Level : 26 (Android 8.0) and higher

Implementation

Let’s see how to set the Tooltip for a view in the layout.

Method 1: Define It In Layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Hello Devdeeds.com"
        android:textColor="#000"
        android:textSize="18sp" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
        android:id="@+id/next_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:text="Next"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:tooltipText="This will take you to next page" />

</RelativeLayout>

Method 1: Set It Programmatically

Let’s see how to set the Tooltip in the Activity Class.

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
       
        AppCompatButton btnNext = (AppCompatButton) findViewById(R.id.next_button);
        btnNext.setTooltipText("This will take you to next page");
    }
}

How To Get The Tooltip Property Value

The API has getTooltipText() method by which you can get the value of the tooltipText property.