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Android - SpannableString is a class for text whose content is immutable but to which markup objects can be attached and detached.

SpannableString is a class for text whose content is immutable but to which markup objects can be attached and detached used in Android development.

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SpannableStringBuilder to create String with multiple fonts/text sizes etc Example?

I need to create a String placed in a TextView that will display a string like this: First Part Not Bold BOLD rest not bold So I want to know how I could use SpannableStringBuilder to do this? I could use three TextEdit to accomplish this but I…
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How to set multiple spans on a TextView's text on the same partial text?

Suppose I have the next text : Hello stackOverflow And I wish to set the second word to be both RelativeSizeSpan (to set a relative font size) and TextAppearanceSpan (to set the color of the text) , how do I merge them both ? All I know is that I…
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SpannableString: Is it possible to apply two or more RelativeSizeSpans?

I am trying to construct a SpannableString such that it looks like this: Two characters (m, s) should be smaller than the rest. I have tried to hold all the text in one SpannableString, and I also tried to concatenate two SpannableStrings via a…
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Android SpannableString set background behind part of text

I would like to create something similar as seen on this image: I managed to create evertyhing with SpannableStringBuilder, except the orange rounded rectangle. I can set the background to that color with BackgroundColorSpan, but I can't find a way…
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How to make RelativeSizeSpan align to top

I have the following String RM123.456. I would like to Make RM relatively smaller Make RM aligned to top exactly I almost able to achieve it by using spannableString.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(0.50f), 0, index,…
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Combining Spannable with String.format()

Suppose you have the following string: String s = "The cold hand reaches for the %1$s %2$s Ellesse's"; String old = "old"; String tan = "tan"; String formatted = String.format(s,old,tan); //"The cold hand reaches for the old tan…
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Is there any way to insert an ImageSpan in a TextView without disrupting the text?

It seems that in order to add an ImageSpan to a Spannable in Android, I have to actually replace some text with the Image. For example: Spannable span = new SpannableString("Foo imageplace Bar!"); Drawable android =…
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Best way to get a SpannableString from a SpannableStringBuilder

I am working in a wiki-like parser that creates spans for a set of markup tokens. It is working, but inside the token iterator I frequently need to convert the partial results on a SpannableStringBuilder to a SpannableString. This is called pretty…
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Android Linkify text - Spannable Text in Single Text View - As like Twitter tweet

I have a textView and text like "This is the Simple Text with KeyWord and the Link to browse" in the above text i want to make.. clicking on the Link goes to open that URL AND clicking on that KeyWord open a new Activity in my…
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Why show java.lang.ClassCastException: android.text.SpannableString cannot be cast to java.lang.String?

When copying String from any browser page, pasteData works properly. However when copying SpannedString from a message sent item editor(field), the application crashes and shows this error message: java.lang.ClassCastException:…
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how to have bold and normal text in same textview in android?

I have searched internet and tried the following code but its not working SpannableString ss1 = new SpannableString("Health: "); ss1.setSpan(new android.text.style.StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), 0, ss1.length(),…
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How to align TextView around an ImageView?

I am trying to align the TextView around ImageView. I am using the following code: private void createSpannableText(){ TextView myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView); SpannableStringBuilder builder = new…
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Android Justify spanable Text-view that support RTL Languages

I need to create a custom text-view in android, first of all it should be justified, then it should support spans and although it should support RTL (Right to Left) languages for ex: Farsi (Persian) ,... I'm working on this issue for a week! but In…
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How to loop through the spans in a SpannedString or SpannableString in Android

If I have a SpannedString (or SpannableString) like this SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString("Hello World!"); ForegroundColorSpan foregroundSpan = new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED); BackgroundColorSpan backgroundSpan = new…
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Adjusting text alignment using SpannableString

I have created a SpannableString, with the first character, and last 2 smaller than the rest. It looks like this: sBBBBss I would like to align the smaller characters so they are aligned with the top of the bigger text, instead of the bottom (as…
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