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The SpannableStringBuilder is an Android API class for text whose content and markup can both be changed. It is an excellent way to style strings in a TextView. It allows a TextView to provide different styles to different areas of text.

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How to implement a SpannableStringBuilder where only a certain part is colored?

I need to implement a string that changes the color of some parts of it to highlight it. I need to create something like a hotkey guide that displays the action you could perform by pressing the highlighted number. I used to use Html. from HTML but…
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html converted bold or italic spanned string in android

I have method in my custom EditText that makes the text bold or italic here is my method: public boolean changeTextStyle(TextStyle style) { if (isTextSelected()) { int startSelection = getSelectionStart(); int endSelection =…
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change string color programmatically depending if condition

Is it possible to set multiple colors for different pieces of text inside a TextView with if condition? Here is my code: mColoredText = findViewById(R.id.questionText); String mColoredString = "BLACK RED GREEN YELLOW ORANGE BLUE WHITE"; …
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not able to change color of a part of text in EditText

I want to change the color of some part of text in EditText. I am trying following code, but it is not working. SpannableStringBuilder ssb=new SpannableStringBuilder(expression); ForegroundColorSpan fcs=new…
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How to add padding to SpannableStringBuilder?

I have the following code, thanks to the help of @TangXianQiang which creates a background that is wrapped tightly around the text in a TextView: String str="this bit of text spans more than one line.Words words words"; int bstart=0; int…
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How to set text color in EditText for part of text?

I have an EditText and I need to highlight some text i.e. change the color of pieces of text. I am using SpannableStringBuilder with ForegroundColorSpan to set text color. The problem is (on some devices, for example Lenovo s90) if I have some text…
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Inconsistent behavior of SpannableStringBuilder Android 7.0

I have to show some characters or numbers in superscript and subscript in TextView. So I use SpannableStringBuilder but in Nougat its output is inconsistent. public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { ArrayList…
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Android: how to use custom IME without intermediate EditText

I followed this tutorial to create a custom IME and am pretty happy with the result: https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-custom-keyboard-on-android--cms-22615 However, when I click on an EditText to start typing, my keyboard is opened…
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What is flag variable in building SpannableStringBuilder

I read flags parameter in google docs, but I can't find what exactly it's doing. For example in below code: SpannableStringBuilder builder1 = new SpannableStringBuilder(); builder1.append("hi"); builder1.append("this is test"); builder1.setSpan(new…
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How to Bold (Span) the searched text in string dynamically?

I have a string, in which i have to find a word being searched from end user and make it bold to highlight. Example: String : Address must have a format. Address can be of multiple line. Required Text: Address must have a format. Address can be…
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Android Editable is abstract; cannot be instantiated

I'm creating an EditText subclass and I want to make an Editable variable to pass to the super class. When I originally tried private Editable unicodeText = new Editable(); I got the error 'Editable' is abstract; cannot be…
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SpannableStringBuilder not working in some devices

SpannableStringBuilder decorations not working in some devices . I am setting typeface, font color using SpannableStringBuilder in java code and setting in the textview .
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SpannableStringBuilder append() NullPointerException

// Documentation from interface public SpannableStringBuilder append(CharSequence text) { int length = length(); return replace(length, length, text, 0, text.length()); } SpannableStringBuilder source code append() function doesn't avoid…
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Android highlight multiple words

String highlightedWords[] = {"We", "country"}; String fullText = "We love our country a lot."; output will be like this: We love our country a lot.
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