If you want the whole TextView
to be centered (which would then center the text) use android:layout_gravity
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Large Text Large Text Large Text Large Text Large Text Large Text"
android:layout_gravity="center" // Here
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
If this doesn't fix the problem then please post the full xml as you may have other View
s/properties causing the issue.