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i have graph , want show name of axis vertically. how write vertically along y-axis ? tried using textview.setrotation(270) had problems width width not getting decreased when in vertical.

one thing subclass textview , override ondraw method

@override protected void ondraw(canvas canvas) {    canvas.save();     canvas.translate(0, getheight());     canvas.rotate(-90);     layout layout = getlayout();     if (layout != null)         layout.draw(canvas);    canvas.restore(); }