diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ImageFloatingTextView.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ImageFloatingTextView.java
index c4ed2e10cffea..78c5e34ba108a 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ImageFloatingTextView.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ImageFloatingTextView.java
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public class ImageFloatingTextView extends TextView {
                 .setTextDirection(getTextDirectionHeuristic())
                 .setLineSpacing(getLineSpacingExtra(), getLineSpacingMultiplier())
                 .setIncludePad(getIncludeFontPadding())
+                .setEllipsize(shouldEllipsize ? effectiveEllipsize : null)
+                .setEllipsizedWidth(ellipsisWidth)
                 .setBreakStrategy(Layout.BREAK_STRATEGY_HIGH_QUALITY)
                 .setHyphenationFrequency(Layout.HYPHENATION_FREQUENCY_FULL);
         // we set the endmargin on the first 2 lines. this works just in our case but that's
diff --git a/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_material_big_text.xml b/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_material_big_text.xml
index 9a4b28c1298c7..3c59b4e83a057 100644
--- a/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_material_big_text.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_material_big_text.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <com.android.internal.widget.ImageFloatingTextView android:id="@+id/big_text"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="0dp"
-            android:layout_marginTop="1.5dp"
+            android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
             android:paddingBottom="@dimen/notification_content_margin_bottom"
             android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.Material.Notification"
             android:singleLine="false"
diff --git a/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_text.xml b/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_text.xml
index 38470cd52c8b0..47b30ec992999 100644
--- a/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_text.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/layout/notification_template_text.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License
   -->
-<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+<com.android.internal.widget.ImageFloatingTextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:id="@+id/text"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:layout_gravity="top"
-    android:layout_marginTop="1.5dp"
+    android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
     android:ellipsize="marquee"
     android:fadingEdge="horizontal"
     android:gravity="top"