The solution below incorporates all of the suggestions here. It starts with what was originally posted by Dunni. It uses a binary search like gjpc’s, but it is a bit more readable. It also include’s gregm’s bug fixes and a bug-fix of my own. import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.util.AttributeSet; import android.util.TypedValue; import android.widget.TextView; public … Read more
Have you tried setting the MovementMethod on the TextView that contains the span? You need to do that to make the clicking work… tv.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
Resource has the get overloaded version of getString which takes a varargs of type Object: getString(int, java.lang.Object…). If you setup correctly your string in strings.xml, with the correct place holders, you can use this version to retrieve the formatted version of your final String. E.g. <string name=”welcome_messages”>Hello, %1$s! You have %2$d new messages.</string> using getString(R.string.welcome_message, … Read more
Should be something like that. but never used it for textview, only edittext : TextView tv = new TextView(this); int maxLength = 10; InputFilter[] fArray = new InputFilter[1]; fArray[0] = new InputFilter.LengthFilter(maxLength); tv.setFilters(fArray);
EDIT: A more generic way of doing this that doesn’t rely on the layout type (other than that it is a layout type which supports margins): public static void setMargins (View v, int l, int t, int r, int b) { if (v.getLayoutParams() instanceof ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) { ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams p = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) v.getLayoutParams(); p.setMargins(l, t, r, b); … Read more
You can do what I did to inspect such problem: Study Android source code, Paint.java source, see both measureText and getTextBounds methods. You’d learn that measureText calls native_measureText, and getTextBounds calls nativeGetStringBounds, which are native methods implemented in C++. So you’d continue to study Paint.cpp, which implements both. native_measureText -> SkPaintGlue::measureText_CII nativeGetStringBounds -> SkPaintGlue::getStringBounds Now … Read more
I have a project in which I have the following TextView : <TextView android:layout_width=”wrap_content” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:textStyle=”bold” android:text=”@string/app_name” android:layout_gravity=”center” /> So, I’m guessing you need to use android:textStyle
You have to use the right character encoding to accomplish this effect. You could try with • Update Just to clarify: use `setText(“\u2022 Bullet”);` to add the bullet programmatically. `0x2022 = 8226`
Actually, Settings font size affects only sizes in sp. So all You need to do – define textSize in dp instead of sp, then settings won’t change text size in Your app. Here’s a link to the documentation: Dimensions However please note that the expected behavior is that the fonts in all apps respect the … Read more
Just in case anybody finds this, there’s a nicer alternative that’s not documented (I tripped over it after searching for hours, and finally found it in the bug list for the Android SDK itself). You CAN include raw HTML in strings.xml, as long as you wrap it in <![CDATA[ …raw html… ]]> Edge Cases: Characters … Read more