# Material Text View A MaterialTextView is a derivative of AppCompatTextView that displays text to the user. To provide user-editable text, see {@link EditText}. ## Design & API Documentation - [Class definition](https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/tree/master/lib/java/com/google/android/material/textview/MaterialTextView.java) ## Usage Example code of how to include the component in your layout is listed here for reference. ```xml ``` ### Attributes `MaterialTextView` supports all of the standard attributes that can be changed for a [`AppCompatTextView`](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/AppCompatTextView). Unlike the `AppCompatTextView` which supports specifying the line height only in a view layout XML, `MaterialTextView` supports the ability to read the line height from a `TextAppearance` style, which can be applied to the `MaterialTextView` either using the `style` attribute or using the `android:textAppearance` attribute. The following additional attributes can be changed in `TextAppearance` and applied to a `MaterialTextView`: Feature | Relevant attributes :---------- | :------------------- Line Height | `android:lineHeight`