added in version 26.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1
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TooltipCompat

public class TooltipCompat
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.v7.widget.TooltipCompat

Helper class used to emulate the behavior of setTooltipText(CharSequence) prior to API level 26.

Summary

Public methods

static void setTooltipText(View view, CharSequence tooltipText)

Sets the tooltip text for the view.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Public methods

setTooltipText

added in version 26.1.0
void setTooltipText (View view, 
                CharSequence tooltipText)

Sets the tooltip text for the view.

Prior to API 26 this method sets or clears (when tooltip is null) the view's OnLongClickListener and OnHoverListener. A toast-like subpanel will be created on long click or mouse hover.

Parameters
view View: the view to set the tooltip text on
tooltipText CharSequence: the tooltip text