SuperscriptSpan

public class SuperscriptSpan
extends MetricAffectingSpan implements ParcelableSpan

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.text.style.CharacterStyle
     ↳ android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan
       ↳ android.text.style.SuperscriptSpan


The span that moves the position of the text baseline higher.

The span can be used like this:

SpannableString string = new SpannableString("1st example");
string.setSpan(new SuperscriptSpan(), 1, 3, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
Text with SuperscriptSpan.
Note: Since the span affects the position of the text, if the text is on the first line of a TextView, it may appear cut. This can be avoided by decreasing the text size with an AbsoluteSizeSpan

Summary

Inherited constants

Public constructors

SuperscriptSpan()

Creates a SuperscriptSpan.

SuperscriptSpan(Parcel src)

Creates a SuperscriptSpan from a parcel.

Public methods

int describeContents()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.

int getSpanTypeId()

Return a special type identifier for this span class.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

void updateDrawState(TextPaint textPaint)

void updateMeasureState(TextPaint textPaint)

Classes that extend MetricAffectingSpan implement this method to update the text formatting in a way that can change the width or height of characters.

void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

SuperscriptSpan

Added in API level 1
public SuperscriptSpan ()

Creates a SuperscriptSpan.

SuperscriptSpan

Added in API level 1
public SuperscriptSpan (Parcel src)

Creates a SuperscriptSpan from a parcel.

Parameters
src Parcel: This value cannot be null.

Public methods

describeContents

Added in API level 3
public int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
int a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either 0 or CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR

getSpanTypeId

Added in API level 3
public int getSpanTypeId ()

Return a special type identifier for this span class.

Returns
int

toString

Added in API level 1
public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Returns
String a string representation of the object.

updateDrawState

Added in API level 1
public void updateDrawState (TextPaint textPaint)

Parameters
textPaint TextPaint: This value cannot be null.

updateMeasureState

Added in API level 1
public void updateMeasureState (TextPaint textPaint)

Classes that extend MetricAffectingSpan implement this method to update the text formatting in a way that can change the width or height of characters.

Parameters
textPaint TextPaint: This value cannot be null.

writeToParcel

Added in API level 3
public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, 
                int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
dest Parcel: This value cannot be null.

flags int: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE. Value is either 0 or a combination of Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES