mongolian-vertical-script

Disable EditText context menu

September 24, 2023 by Tarik

the solution is very simple public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { EditText et_0; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); et_0 = findViewById(R.id.et_0); et_0.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback() { @Override public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) { //to keep the text selection capability available ( selection cursor) return true; } @Override public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) … Read more

Vertical Text widget for Flutter

August 28, 2023 by Tarik

Sideway text is possible using RotatedBox, which is enough for the text to correctly wrap as you’d expect. Row( children: <Widget>[ RotatedBox( quarterTurns: 1, child: Text(sample), ), Expanded(child: Text(sample)), RotatedBox( quarterTurns: -1, child: Text(sample), ), ], ), Similarly, Flutter now supports inline widgets inside text. This can be used to rotate smileys inside a text. … Read more

How do you make a vertical text UILabel and UITextView for iOS in Swift?

May 29, 2023 by Tarik

Edit: This is how I finally did it. Here’s a very basic implementation in my GitHub: Vertical-Text-iOS. Nothing fancy, but it works. Finally I had to mix TextKit and image processing. Take a look at the code. It involves: Subclassing NSTextContainer to get the right text dimensions. Creating a custom UIView to render the text … Read more

Working with Unicode code points in Swift

February 26, 2023 by Tarik

Updated for Swift 3 String and Character For almost everyone in the future who visits this question, String and Character will be the answer for you. Set Unicode values directly in code: var str: String = “I want to visit 北京, Москва, मुंबई, القاهرة, and 서울시. 😊” var character: Character = “🌍” Use hexadecimal to … Read more