# TtsSpan.TimeBuilder

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# TimeBuilder

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Kotlin\|[Java](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder "View this page in Java")  

```
open class TimeBuilder : TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder<TtsSpan.TimeBuilder!>
```

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| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                                         ||||
| ↳ | [android.text.style.TtsSpan.Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder)\<C\>           |||
|   | ↳ | [android.text.style.TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder)\<[android.text.style.TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#)\> ||
|   |   | ↳ | [android.text.style.TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#) |

A builder for TtsSpans of type[TYPE_TIME](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TIME:kotlin.String).

## Summary

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Public constructors                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ||
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| [TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#TimeBuilder())`()` Creates a builder for a TtsSpan of type[TYPE_TIME](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TIME:kotlin.String).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#TimeBuilder(kotlin.Int,%20kotlin.Int))`(`hours:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`, `minutes:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Creates a builder for a TtsSpan of type[TYPE_TIME](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TIME:kotlin.String)and sets the[ARG_HOURS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_HOURS:kotlin.String)and[ARG_MINUTES](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_MINUTES:kotlin.String)arguments. |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Public methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| open[TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#)! | [setHours](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#setHours(kotlin.Int))`(`hours:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Sets the[ARG_HOURS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_HOURS:kotlin.String)argument.           |
| open[TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#)! | [setMinutes](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#setMinutes(kotlin.Int))`(`minutes:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Sets the[ARG_MINUTES](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_MINUTES:kotlin.String)argument. |
| open[TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#)  | [setSeconds](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#setSeconds(kotlin.Int))`(`seconds:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Sets the[ARG_SECONDS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_SECONDS:kotlin.String)argument. |

| Inherited functions ||
|---|---|
| From class[Builder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [TtsSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan)! | [build](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#build())`()` <br /> Returns a TtsSpan built from the parameters set by the setter methods. <br />                                                                                                                                                                                                            | | C                                                                                     | [setIntArgument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#setIntArgument(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Int))`(`arg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` <br /> Sets an argument to an int value. <br />                   | | C                                                                                     | [setLongArgument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#setLongArgument(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Long))`(`arg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[Long](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-long/index.html)`)` <br /> Sets an argument to a long value. <br />              | | C                                                                                     | [setStringArgument](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.Builder#setStringArgument(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.String))`(`arg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `value:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> Sets an argument to a string value. <br /> | ||
| From class[SemioticClassBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder) |---|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | C | [setAnimacy](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setAnimacy(kotlin.String))`(`animacy:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> Sets the animacy information for this instance. <br />                     | | C | [setCase](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setCase(kotlin.String))`(`grammaticalCase:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> Sets the grammatical case information for this instance. <br />          | | C | [setGender](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setGender(kotlin.String))`(`gender:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> Sets the gender information for this instance. <br />                         | | C | [setMultiplicity](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.SemioticClassBuilder#setMultiplicity(kotlin.String))`(`multiplicity:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` <br /> Sets the multiplicity information for this instance. <br /> | ||

## Public constructors

### TimeBuilder

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
TimeBuilder()
```

Creates a builder for a TtsSpan of type[TYPE_TIME](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TIME:kotlin.String).  

### TimeBuilder

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
TimeBuilder(
    hours: Int, 
    minutes: Int)
```

Creates a builder for a TtsSpan of type[TYPE_TIME](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#TYPE_TIME:kotlin.String)and sets the[ARG_HOURS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_HOURS:kotlin.String)and[ARG_MINUTES](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_MINUTES:kotlin.String)arguments.

## Public methods

### setHours

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setHours(hours: Int): TtsSpan.TimeBuilder!
```

Sets the[ARG_HOURS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_HOURS:kotlin.String)argument.

|                                                                                                                                Parameters                                                                                                                                 ||
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `hours` | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html):The value to be set for hours. See[ARG_HOURS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_HOURS:kotlin.String). Value is between 0 and 24 inclusive |

|                                                             Return                                                             ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| [TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#)! | This instance. |

**See Also**

- [#ARG_HOURS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_HOURS:kotlin.String)  

### setMinutes

Added in[API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setMinutes(minutes: Int): TtsSpan.TimeBuilder!
```

Sets the[ARG_MINUTES](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_MINUTES:kotlin.String)argument.

|                                                                                                                                    Parameters                                                                                                                                     ||
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `minutes` | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html):The value to be set for minutes. See[ARG_MINUTES](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_MINUTES:kotlin.String). Value is between 0 and 59 inclusive |

|                                                             Return                                                             ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| [TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#)! | This instance. |

**See Also**

- [#ARG_MINUTES](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_MINUTES:kotlin.String)  

### setSeconds

Added in[API level 36](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun setSeconds(seconds: Int): TtsSpan.TimeBuilder
```

Sets the[ARG_SECONDS](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan#ARG_SECONDS:kotlin.String)argument.

|                                                                         Parameters                                                                         ||
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `seconds` | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html):The value to be set for seconds. Value is between 0 and 59 inclusive |

|                                                                          Return                                                                           ||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| [TtsSpan.TimeBuilder](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/text/style/TtsSpan.TimeBuilder#) | This instance. This value cannot be`null`. |