public class

TextView

extends View
implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.View
     ↳ android.widget.TextView
Known Direct Subclasses
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Displays text to the user and optionally allows them to edit it. A TextView is a complete text editor, however the basic class is configured to not allow editing; see EditText for a subclass that configures the text view for editing.

XML attributes

See TextView Attributes, View Attributes

Summary

Nested Classes
enum TextView.BufferType  
interface TextView.OnEditorActionListener Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when an action is performed on the editor. 
class TextView.SavedState User interface state that is stored by TextView for implementing onSaveInstanceState()
XML Attributes
Attribute Name Related Method Description
android:autoLink setAutoLinkMask(int) Controls whether links such as urls and email addresses are automatically found and converted to clickable links. 
android:autoText setKeyListener(KeyListener) If set, specifies that this TextView has a textual input method and automatically corrects some common spelling errors. 
android:bufferType setText(CharSequence,TextView.BufferType) Determines the minimum type that getText() will return. 
android:capitalize setKeyListener(KeyListener) If set, specifies that this TextView has a textual input method and should automatically capitalize what the user types. 
android:cursorVisible setCursorVisible(boolean) Makes the cursor visible (the default) or invisible. 
android:digits setKeyListener(KeyListener) If set, specifies that this TextView has a numeric input method and that these specific characters are the ones that it will accept. 
android:drawableBottom setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int,int,int,int) The drawable to be drawn below the text. 
android:drawableLeft setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int,int,int,int) The drawable to be drawn to the left of the text. 
android:drawablePadding setCompoundDrawablePadding(int) The padding between the drawables and the text. 
android:drawableRight setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int,int,int,int) The drawable to be drawn to the right of the text. 
android:drawableTop setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int,int,int,int) The drawable to be drawn above the text. 
android:editable If set, specifies that this TextView has an input method. 
android:editorExtras setInputExtras(int) Reference to an <input-extras> XML resource containing additional data to supply to an input method, which is private to the implementation of the input method. 
android:ellipsize setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt) If set, causes words that are longer than the view is wide to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle. 
android:ems setEms(int) Makes the TextView be exactly this many ems wide. 
android:freezesText setFreezesText(boolean) If set, the text view will include its current complete text inside of its frozen icicle in addition to meta-data such as the current cursor position. 
android:gravity setGravity(int) Specifies how to align the text by the view's x- and/or y-axis when the text is smaller than the view. 
android:height setHeight(int) Makes the TextView be exactly this many pixels tall. 
android:hint setHint(int) Hint text to display when the text is empty. 
android:imeActionId setImeActionLabel(CharSequence,int) Supply a value for EditorInfo.actionId used when an input method is connected to the text view. 
android:imeActionLabel setImeActionLabel(CharSequence,int) Supply a value for EditorInfo.actionLabel used when an input method is connected to the text view. 
android:imeOptions setImeOptions(int) Additional features you can enable in an IME associated with an editor to improve the integration with your application. 
android:includeFontPadding setIncludeFontPadding(boolean) Leave enough room for ascenders and descenders instead of using the font ascent and descent strictly. 
android:inputMethod setKeyListener(KeyListener) If set, specifies that this TextView should use the specified input method (specified by fully-qualified class name). 
android:inputType setRawInputType(int) The type of data being placed in a text field, used to help an input method decide how to let the user enter text. 
android:lineSpacingExtra setLineSpacing(float,float) Extra spacing between lines of text. 
android:lineSpacingMultiplier setLineSpacing(float,float) Extra spacing between lines of text, as a multiplier. 
android:lines setLines(int) Makes the TextView be exactly this many lines tall. 
android:linksClickable setLinksClickable(boolean) If set to false, keeps the movement method from being set to the link movement method even if autoLink causes links to be found. 
android:marqueeRepeatLimit setMarqueeRepeatLimit(int) The number of times to repeat the marquee animation. 
android:maxEms setMaxEms(int) Makes the TextView be at most this many ems wide. 
android:maxHeight setMaxHeight(int) Makes the TextView be at most this many pixels tall. 
android:maxLength setFilters(InputFilter) Set an input filter to constrain the text length to the specified number. 
android:maxLines setMaxLines(int) Makes the TextView be at most this many lines tall. 
android:maxWidth setMaxWidth(int) Makes the TextView be at most this many pixels wide. 
android:minEms setMinEms(int) Makes the TextView be at least this many ems wide. 
android:minHeight setMinHeight(int) Makes the TextView be at least this many pixels tall. 
android:minLines setMinLines(int) Makes the TextView be at least this many lines tall. 
android:minWidth setMinWidth(int) Makes the TextView be at least this many pixels wide. 
android:numeric setKeyListener(KeyListener) If set, specifies that this TextView has a numeric input method. 
android:password setTransformationMethod(TransformationMethod) Whether the characters of the field are displayed as password dots instead of themselves. 
android:phoneNumber setKeyListener(KeyListener) If set, specifies that this TextView has a phone number input method. 
android:privateImeOptions setPrivateImeOptions(String) An addition content type description to supply to the input method attached to the text view, which is private to the implementation of the input method. 
android:scrollHorizontally setHorizontallyScrolling(boolean) Whether the text is allowed to be wider than the view (and therefore can be scrolled horizontally). 
android:selectAllOnFocus setSelectAllOnFocus(boolean) If the text is selectable, select it all when the view takes focus instead of moving the cursor to the start or end. 
android:shadowColor setShadowLayer(float,float,float,int) Place a shadow of the specified color behind the text. 
android:shadowDx setShadowLayer(float,float,float,int) Horizontal offset of the shadow. 
android:shadowDy setShadowLayer(float,float,float,int) Vertical offset of the shadow. 
android:shadowRadius setShadowLayer(float,float,float,int) Radius of the shadow. 
android:singleLine setTransformationMethod(TransformationMethod) Constrains the text to a single horizontally scrolling line instead of letting it wrap onto multiple lines, and advances focus instead of inserting a newline when you press the enter key. 
android:text setText(CharSequence,TextView.BufferType) Text to display. 
android:textAllCaps setAllCaps(boolean) Present the text in ALL CAPS. 
android:textAppearance Base text color, typeface, size, and style. 
android:textColor setTextColor(int) Text color. 
android:textColorHighlight setHighlightColor(int) Color of the text selection highlight. 
android:textColorHint setHintTextColor(int) Color of the hint text. 
android:textColorLink setLinkTextColor(int) Text color for links. 
android:textIsSelectable isTextSelectable() Indicates that the content of a non-editable text can be selected. 
android:textScaleX setTextScaleX(float) Sets the horizontal scaling factor for the text. 
android:textSize setTextSize(int,float) Size of the text. 
android:textStyle setTypeface(Typeface) Style (bold, italic, bolditalic) for the text. 
android:typeface setTypeface(Typeface) Typeface (normal, sans, serif, monospace) for the text. 
android:width setWidth(int) Makes the TextView be exactly this many pixels wide. 
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Inherited XML Attributes
From class android.view.View
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Inherited Constants
From class android.view.View
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Inherited Fields
From class android.view.View
Public Constructors
TextView(Context context)
TextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
TextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
Public Methods
void addTextChangedListener(TextWatcher watcher)
Adds a TextWatcher to the list of those whose methods are called whenever this TextView's text changes.
final void append(CharSequence text)
Convenience method: Append the specified text to the TextView's display buffer, upgrading it to BufferType.EDITABLE if it was not already editable.
void append(CharSequence text, int start, int end)
Convenience method: Append the specified text slice to the TextView's display buffer, upgrading it to BufferType.EDITABLE if it was not already editable.
void beginBatchEdit()
boolean bringPointIntoView(int offset)
Move the point, specified by the offset, into the view if it is needed.
void cancelLongPress()
Cancels a pending long press.
void clearComposingText()
Use BaseInputConnection.removeComposingSpans() to remove any IME composing state from this text view.
void computeScroll()
Called by a parent to request that a child update its values for mScrollX and mScrollY if necessary.
void debug(int depth)
Prints information about this view in the log output, with the tag VIEW_LOG_TAG.
boolean didTouchFocusSelect()
Returns true, only while processing a touch gesture, if the initial touch down event caused focus to move to the text view and as a result its selection changed.
void endBatchEdit()
boolean extractText(ExtractedTextRequest request, ExtractedText outText)
If this TextView contains editable content, extract a portion of it based on the information in request in to outText.
void findViewsWithText(ArrayList<View> outViews, CharSequence searched, int flags)
Finds the Views that contain given text.
final int getAutoLinkMask()
Gets the autolink mask of the text.
int getBaseline()

Return the offset of the widget's text baseline from the widget's top boundary.

int getCompoundDrawablePadding()
Returns the padding between the compound drawables and the text.
Drawable[] getCompoundDrawables()
Returns drawables for the left, top, right, and bottom borders.
int getCompoundPaddingBottom()
Returns the bottom padding of the view, plus space for the bottom Drawable if any.
int getCompoundPaddingLeft()
Returns the left padding of the view, plus space for the left Drawable if any.
int getCompoundPaddingRight()
Returns the right padding of the view, plus space for the right Drawable if any.
int getCompoundPaddingTop()
Returns the top padding of the view, plus space for the top Drawable if any.
final int getCurrentHintTextColor()

Return the current color selected to paint the hint text.

final int getCurrentTextColor()

Return the current color selected for normal text.

ActionMode.Callback getCustomSelectionActionModeCallback()
Editable getEditableText()
Return the text the TextView is displaying as an Editable object.
TextUtils.TruncateAt getEllipsize()
Returns where, if anywhere, words that are longer than the view is wide should be ellipsized.
CharSequence getError()
Returns the error message that was set to be displayed with setError(CharSequence), or null if no error was set or if it the error was cleared by the widget after user input.
int getExtendedPaddingBottom()
Returns the extended bottom padding of the view, including both the bottom Drawable if any and any extra space to keep more than maxLines of text from showing.
int getExtendedPaddingTop()
Returns the extended top padding of the view, including both the top Drawable if any and any extra space to keep more than maxLines of text from showing.
InputFilter[] getFilters()
Returns the current list of input filters.
void getFocusedRect(Rect r)
When a view has focus and the user navigates away from it, the next view is searched for starting from the rectangle filled in by this method.
boolean getFreezesText()
Return whether this text view is including its entire text contents in frozen icicles.
int getGravity()
Returns the horizontal and vertical alignment of this TextView.
CharSequence getHint()
Returns the hint that is displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.
final ColorStateList getHintTextColors()

Return the color used to paint the hint text.

int getImeActionId()
Get the IME action ID previous set with setImeActionLabel(CharSequence, int).
CharSequence getImeActionLabel()
Get the IME action label previous set with setImeActionLabel(CharSequence, int).
int getImeOptions()
Get the type of the IME editor.
Bundle getInputExtras(boolean create)
Retrieve the input extras currently associated with the text view, which can be viewed as well as modified.
int getInputType()
Get the type of the content.
final KeyListener getKeyListener()
final Layout getLayout()
int getLineBounds(int line, Rect bounds)
Return the baseline for the specified line (0...getLineCount() - 1) If bounds is not null, return the top, left, right, bottom extents of the specified line in it.
int getLineCount()
Return the number of lines of text, or 0 if the internal Layout has not been built.
int getLineHeight()
final ColorStateList getLinkTextColors()

Returns the color used to paint links in the text.

final boolean getLinksClickable()
Returns whether the movement method will automatically be set to LinkMovementMethod if setAutoLinkMask(int) has been set to nonzero and links are detected in setText(char[], int, int).
final MovementMethod getMovementMethod()
int getOffsetForPosition(float x, float y)
Get the character offset closest to the specified absolute position.
TextPaint getPaint()
int getPaintFlags()
String getPrivateImeOptions()
Get the private type of the content.
int getSelectionEnd()
int getSelectionStart()
CharSequence getText()
Return the text the TextView is displaying.
static int getTextColor(Context context, TypedArray attrs, int def)
Returns the default color from the TextView_textColor attribute from the AttributeSet, if set, or the default color from the TextAppearance_textColor from the TextView_textAppearance attribute, if TextView_textColor was not set directly.
final ColorStateList getTextColors()
Return the set of text colors.
static ColorStateList getTextColors(Context context, TypedArray attrs)
Returns the TextView_textColor attribute from the Resources.StyledAttributes, if set, or the TextAppearance_textColor from the TextView_textAppearance attribute, if TextView_textColor was not set directly.
float getTextScaleX()
float getTextSize()
int getTotalPaddingBottom()
Returns the total bottom padding of the view, including the bottom Drawable if any, the extra space to keep more than maxLines from showing, and the vertical offset for gravity, if any.
int getTotalPaddingLeft()
Returns the total left padding of the view, including the left Drawable if any.
int getTotalPaddingRight()
Returns the total right padding of the view, including the right Drawable if any.
int getTotalPaddingTop()
Returns the total top padding of the view, including the top Drawable if any, the extra space to keep more than maxLines from showing, and the vertical offset for gravity, if any.
final TransformationMethod getTransformationMethod()
Typeface getTypeface()
URLSpan[] getUrls()
Returns the list of URLSpans attached to the text (by Linkify or otherwise) if any.
boolean hasSelection()
Return true iff there is a selection inside this text view.
void invalidateDrawable(Drawable drawable)
Invalidates the specified Drawable.
boolean isInputMethodTarget()
Returns whether this text view is a current input method target.
boolean isSuggestionsEnabled()
Return whether or not suggestions are enabled on this TextView.
boolean isTextSelectable()
When a TextView is used to display a useful piece of information to the user (such as a contact's address), it should be made selectable, so that the user can select and copy this content.
void jumpDrawablesToCurrentState()
Call Drawable.jumpToCurrentState() on all Drawable objects associated with this view.
int length()
Returns the length, in characters, of the text managed by this TextView
boolean moveCursorToVisibleOffset()
Move the cursor, if needed, so that it is at an offset that is visible to the user.
void onBeginBatchEdit()
Called by the framework in response to a request to begin a batch of edit operations through a call to link beginBatchEdit().
boolean onCheckIsTextEditor()
Check whether the called view is a text editor, in which case it would make sense to automatically display a soft input window for it.
void onCommitCompletion(CompletionInfo text)
Called by the framework in response to a text completion from the current input method, provided by it calling InputConnection.commitCompletion().
void onCommitCorrection(CorrectionInfo info)
Called by the framework in response to a text auto-correction (such as fixing a typo using a a dictionnary) from the current input method, provided by it calling commitCorrection(CorrectionInfo) InputConnection.commitCorrection()}.
InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs)
Create a new InputConnection for an InputMethod to interact with the view.
boolean onDragEvent(DragEvent event)
Handles drag events sent by the system following a call to startDrag().
void onEditorAction(int actionCode)
Called when an attached input method calls InputConnection.performEditorAction() for this text view.
void onEndBatchEdit()
Called by the framework in response to a request to end a batch of edit operations through a call to link endBatchEdit().
void onFinishTemporaryDetach()
Called after onStartTemporaryDetach() when the container is done changing the view.
boolean onGenericMotionEvent(MotionEvent event)
Implement this method to handle generic motion events.
void onInitializeAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event)
Initializes an AccessibilityEvent with information about this View which is the event source.
void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(AccessibilityNodeInfo info)
Initializes an AccessibilityNodeInfo with information about this view.
boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyDown(): perform press of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released, if the view is enabled and clickable.
boolean onKeyMultiple(int keyCode, int repeatCount, KeyEvent event)
Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): always returns false (doesn't handle the event).
boolean onKeyPreIme(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
Handle a key event before it is processed by any input method associated with the view hierarchy.
boolean onKeyShortcut(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
Called on the focused view when a key shortcut event is not handled.
boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyUp(): perform clicking of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released.
void onPopulateAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event)
Called from dispatchPopulateAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent) giving a chance to this View to populate the accessibility event with its text content.
boolean onPreDraw()
Callback method to be invoked when the view tree is about to be drawn.
boolean onPrivateIMECommand(String action, Bundle data)
Called by the framework in response to a private command from the current method, provided by it calling InputConnection.performPrivateCommand().
void onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state)
Hook allowing a view to re-apply a representation of its internal state that had previously been generated by onSaveInstanceState().
Parcelable onSaveInstanceState()
Hook allowing a view to generate a representation of its internal state that can later be used to create a new instance with that same state.
void onStartTemporaryDetach()
This is called when a container is going to temporarily detach a child, with ViewGroup.detachViewFromParent.
boolean onTextContextMenuItem(int id)
Called when a context menu option for the text view is selected.
boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event)
Implement this method to handle touch screen motion events.
boolean onTrackballEvent(MotionEvent event)
Implement this method to handle trackball motion events.
void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus)
Called when the window containing this view gains or loses focus.
boolean performLongClick()
Call this view's OnLongClickListener, if it is defined.
void removeTextChangedListener(TextWatcher watcher)
Removes the specified TextWatcher from the list of those whose methods are called whenever this TextView's text changes.
void sendAccessibilityEvent(int eventType)
Sends an accessibility event of the given type.
void setAllCaps(boolean allCaps)
Sets the properties of this field to transform input to ALL CAPS display.
final void setAutoLinkMask(int mask)
Sets the autolink mask of the text.
void setCompoundDrawablePadding(int pad)
Sets the size of the padding between the compound drawables and the text.
void setCompoundDrawables(Drawable left, Drawable top, Drawable right, Drawable bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Drawable left, Drawable top, Drawable right, Drawable bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void setCursorVisible(boolean visible)
Set whether the cursor is visible.
void setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(ActionMode.Callback actionModeCallback)
If provided, this ActionMode.Callback will be used to create the ActionMode when text selection is initiated in this View.
final void setEditableFactory(Editable.Factory factory)
Sets the Factory used to create new Editables.
void setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt where)
Causes words in the text that are longer than the view is wide to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle.
void setEms(int ems)
Makes the TextView exactly this many ems wide
void setEnabled(boolean enabled)
Set the enabled state of this view.
void setError(CharSequence error)
Sets the right-hand compound drawable of the TextView to the "error" icon and sets an error message that will be displayed in a popup when the TextView has focus.
void setError(CharSequence error, Drawable icon)
Sets the right-hand compound drawable of the TextView to the specified icon and sets an error message that will be displayed in a popup when the TextView has focus.
void setExtractedText(ExtractedText text)
Apply to this text view the given extracted text, as previously returned by extractText(ExtractedTextRequest, ExtractedText).
void setFilters(InputFilter[] filters)
Sets the list of input filters that will be used if the buffer is Editable.
void setFreezesText(boolean freezesText)
Control whether this text view saves its entire text contents when freezing to an icicle, in addition to dynamic state such as cursor position.
void setGravity(int gravity)
Sets the horizontal alignment of the text and the vertical gravity that will be used when there is extra space in the TextView beyond what is required for the text itself.
void setHeight(int pixels)
Makes the TextView exactly this many pixels tall.
void setHighlightColor(int color)
Sets the color used to display the selection highlight.
final void setHint(CharSequence hint)
Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.
final void setHint(int resid)
Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty, from a resource.
final void setHintTextColor(ColorStateList colors)
Sets the color of the hint text.
final void setHintTextColor(int color)
Sets the color of the hint text.
void setHorizontallyScrolling(boolean whether)
Sets whether the text should be allowed to be wider than the View is.
void setImeActionLabel(CharSequence label, int actionId)
Change the custom IME action associated with the text view, which will be reported to an IME with actionLabel and actionId when it has focus.
void setImeOptions(int imeOptions)
Change the editor type integer associated with the text view, which will be reported to an IME with imeOptions when it has focus.
void setIncludeFontPadding(boolean includepad)
Set whether the TextView includes extra top and bottom padding to make room for accents that go above the normal ascent and descent.
void setInputExtras(int xmlResId)
Set the extra input data of the text, which is the TextBoxAttribute.extras Bundle that will be filled in when creating an input connection.
void setInputType(int type)
Set the type of the content with a constant as defined for inputType.
void setKeyListener(KeyListener input)
Sets the key listener to be used with this TextView.
void setLineSpacing(float add, float mult)
Sets line spacing for this TextView.
void setLines(int lines)
Makes the TextView exactly this many lines tall.
final void setLinkTextColor(ColorStateList colors)
Sets the color of links in the text.
final void setLinkTextColor(int color)
Sets the color of links in the text.
final void setLinksClickable(boolean whether)
Sets whether the movement method will automatically be set to LinkMovementMethod if setAutoLinkMask(int) has been set to nonzero and links are detected in setText(char[], int, int).
void setMarqueeRepeatLimit(int marqueeLimit)
Sets how many times to repeat the marquee animation.
void setMaxEms(int maxems)
Makes the TextView at most this many ems wide
void setMaxHeight(int maxHeight)
Makes the TextView at most this many pixels tall.
void setMaxLines(int maxlines)
Makes the TextView at most this many lines tall.
void setMaxWidth(int maxpixels)
Makes the TextView at most this many pixels wide
void setMinEms(int minems)
Makes the TextView at least this many ems wide
void setMinHeight(int minHeight)
Makes the TextView at least this many pixels tall.
void setMinLines(int minlines)
Makes the TextView at least this many lines tall.
void setMinWidth(int minpixels)
Makes the TextView at least this many pixels wide
final void setMovementMethod(MovementMethod movement)
Sets the movement method (arrow key handler) to be used for this TextView.
void setOnEditorActionListener(TextView.OnEditorActionListener l)
Set a special listener to be called when an action is performed on the text view.
void setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the padding.
void setPaintFlags(int flags)
Sets flags on the Paint being used to display the text and reflows the text if they are different from the old flags.
void setPrivateImeOptions(String type)
Set the private content type of the text, which is the EditorInfo.privateImeOptions field that will be filled in when creating an input connection.
void setRawInputType(int type)
Directly change the content type integer of the text view, without modifying any other state.
void setScroller(Scroller s)
void setSelectAllOnFocus(boolean selectAllOnFocus)
Set the TextView so that when it takes focus, all the text is selected.
void setSelected(boolean selected)
Changes the selection state of this view.
void setShadowLayer(float radius, float dx, float dy, int color)
Gives the text a shadow of the specified radius and color, the specified distance from its normal position.
void setSingleLine()
Sets the properties of this field (lines, horizontally scrolling, transformation method) to be for a single-line input.
void setSingleLine(boolean singleLine)
If true, sets the properties of this field (number of lines, horizontally scrolling, transformation method) to be for a single-line input; if false, restores these to the default conditions.
final void setSpannableFactory(Spannable.Factory factory)
Sets the Factory used to create new Spannables.
final void setText(int resid)
final void setText(char[] text, int start, int len)
Sets the TextView to display the specified slice of the specified char array.
final void setText(int resid, TextView.BufferType type)
final void setText(CharSequence text)
Sets the string value of the TextView.
void setText(CharSequence text, TextView.BufferType type)
Sets the text that this TextView is to display (see setText(CharSequence)) and also sets whether it is stored in a styleable/spannable buffer and whether it is editable.
void setTextAppearance(Context context, int resid)
Sets the text color, size, style, hint color, and highlight color from the specified TextAppearance resource.
void setTextColor(ColorStateList colors)
Sets the text color.
void setTextColor(int color)
Sets the text color for all the states (normal, selected, focused) to be this color.
void setTextIsSelectable(boolean selectable)
Sets whether or not (default) the content of this view is selectable by the user.
final void setTextKeepState(CharSequence text)
Like setText(CharSequence), except that the cursor position (if any) is retained in the new text.
final void setTextKeepState(CharSequence text, TextView.BufferType type)
Like setText(CharSequence, android.widget.TextView.BufferType), except that the cursor position (if any) is retained in the new text.
void setTextScaleX(float size)
Sets the extent by which text should be stretched horizontally.
void setTextSize(float size)
Set the default text size to the given value, interpreted as "scaled pixel" units.
void setTextSize(int unit, float size)
Set the default text size to a given unit and value.
final void setTransformationMethod(TransformationMethod method)
Sets the transformation that is applied to the text that this TextView is displaying.
void setTypeface(Typeface tf, int style)
Sets the typeface and style in which the text should be displayed, and turns on the fake bold and italic bits in the Paint if the Typeface that you provided does not have all the bits in the style that you specified.
void setTypeface(Typeface tf)
Sets the typeface and style in which the text should be displayed.
void setWidth(int pixels)
Makes the TextView exactly this many pixels wide.
Protected Methods
int computeHorizontalScrollRange()

Compute the horizontal range that the horizontal scrollbar represents.

int computeVerticalScrollExtent()

Compute the vertical extent of the horizontal scrollbar's thumb within the vertical range.

int computeVerticalScrollRange()

Compute the vertical range that the vertical scrollbar represents.

void drawableStateChanged()
This function is called whenever the state of the view changes in such a way that it impacts the state of drawables being shown.
int getBottomPaddingOffset()
Amount by which to extend the bottom fading region.
boolean getDefaultEditable()
Subclasses override this to specify that they have a KeyListener by default even if not specifically called for in the XML options.
MovementMethod getDefaultMovementMethod()
Subclasses override this to specify a default movement method.
float getLeftFadingEdgeStrength()
Returns the strength, or intensity, of the left faded edge.
int getLeftPaddingOffset()
Amount by which to extend the left fading region.
float getRightFadingEdgeStrength()
Returns the strength, or intensity, of the right faded edge.
int getRightPaddingOffset()
Amount by which to extend the right fading region.
int getTopPaddingOffset()
Amount by which to extend the top fading region.
boolean isPaddingOffsetRequired()
If the View draws content inside its padding and enables fading edges, it needs to support padding offsets.
void onAttachedToWindow()
This is called when the view is attached to a window.
int[] onCreateDrawableState(int extraSpace)
Generate the new Drawable state for this view.
void onDetachedFromWindow()
This is called when the view is detached from a window.
void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
Implement this to do your drawing.
void onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect)
Called by the view system when the focus state of this view changes.
void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec)

Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height.

void onScrollChanged(int horiz, int vert, int oldHoriz, int oldVert)
This is called in response to an internal scroll in this view (i.e., the view scrolled its own contents).
void onSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd)
This method is called when the selection has changed, in case any subclasses would like to know.
boolean onSetAlpha(int alpha)
Invoked if there is a Transform that involves alpha.
void onTextChanged(CharSequence text, int start, int lengthBefore, int lengthAfter)
This method is called when the text is changed, in case any subclasses would like to know.
void onVisibilityChanged(View changedView, int visibility)
Called when the visibility of the view or an ancestor of the view is changed.
void resetResolvedDrawables()
void resetResolvedLayoutDirection()
Reset the resolved layout direction.
void resolveDrawables()
Subclasses will need to override this method to implement their own way of resolving drawables depending on the layout direction.
void resolveTextDirection()
Resolve the text direction.
boolean setFrame(int l, int t, int r, int b)
Assign a size and position to this view.
boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable who)
If your view subclass is displaying its own Drawable objects, it should override this function and return true for any Drawable it is displaying.
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Inherited Methods
From class android.view.View
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.Callback
From interface android.view.KeyEvent.Callback
From interface android.view.ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
From interface android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEventSource