Added in [API level 3](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) Summary: [Nested Classes](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/NoCopySpan#nestedclasses)

# NoCopySpan

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` public interface NoCopySpan `   
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Known indirect subclasses [AbsListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsListView), [ExpandableListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ExpandableListView), [GridView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/GridView), [ListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ListView), [MultiTapKeyListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/method/MultiTapKeyListener), [NoCopySpan.Concrete](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/NoCopySpan.Concrete), [PasswordTransformationMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/method/PasswordTransformationMethod), [PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher), [SpanWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpanWatcher), [TextKeyListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/method/TextKeyListener), [TextWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextWatcher) [AbsListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsListView) Base class that can be used to implement virtualized lists of items. [ExpandableListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ExpandableListView) A view that shows items in a vertically scrolling two-level list. [GridView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/GridView) A view that shows items in two-dimensional scrolling grid. [ListView](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ListView) Displays a vertically-scrollable collection of views, where each view is positioned immediately below the previous view in the list.
[MultiTapKeyListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/method/MultiTapKeyListener) This is the standard key listener for alphabetic input on 12-key keyboards. [NoCopySpan.Concrete](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/NoCopySpan.Concrete) Convenience equivalent for when you would just want a new Object() for a span but want it to be no-copy. [PasswordTransformationMethod](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/method/PasswordTransformationMethod) [PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher) *This class was deprecated in API level 35. This is a thin wrapper on a \`libphonenumber\` \`AsYouTypeFormatter\`; it is recommended to use that instead.* [SpanWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpanWatcher) When an object of this type is attached to a Spannable, its methods will be called to notify it that other markup objects have been added, changed, or removed. [TextKeyListener](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/method/TextKeyListener) This is the key listener for typing normal text. [TextWatcher](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextWatcher) When an object of this type is attached to an Editable, its methods will be called when the text is changed.   

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This interface should be added to a span object that should not be copied into a new Spanned when performing a slice or copy operation on the original Spanned it was placed in.

## Summary

| ### Nested classes ||
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| ` class` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/NoCopySpan.Concrete` Convenience equivalent for when you would just want a new Object() for a span but want it to be no-copy. |