How do I add a newline to a TextView in Android?

Don't trust the Visual editor. Your code does work in the emu.

Try:

android:lines="2"

\n should work.

try System.getProperty("line.separator");

I think this has something to do with your HTM.fromHtml(subTitle) call: a "\n" doesn't mean bupkis to HTML. Try <br/> instead of "\n".