Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# DeleteGesture

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Kotlin \|[Java](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture "View this page in Java")

```
class DeleteGesture : PreviewableHandwritingGesture, Parcelable
```

|---|---|---|---|
| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html) ||||
| ↳ | [android.view.inputmethod.HandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture) |||
|   | ↳ | [android.view.inputmethod.PreviewableHandwritingGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/PreviewableHandwritingGesture) ||
|   |   | ↳ | [android.view.inputmethod.DeleteGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#) |

A sub-class of `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture` for deleting an area of text using single rectangle. This class holds the information required for deletion of text in toolkit widgets like `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TextView.html#`.

Note: This deletes all text *within* the given area. To delete a range *between* two areas, use `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteRangeGesture`.

## Summary

| Nested classes ||
|---|---|
|   | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture.Builder` Builder for `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#`. |

| Inherited constants ||
|---|---|
| From class `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#` |---|---| | `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR:kotlin.Int` Descriptor bit used with `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#describeContents()`: indicates that the Parcelable object's flattened representation includes a file descriptor. <br /> | | `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE:kotlin.Int` Flag for use with `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel,%20kotlin.Int)`: the object being written is a return value, that is the result of a function such as "`Parcelable someFunction()`", "`void someFunction(out Parcelable)`", or "`void someFunction(inout Parcelable)`". Some implementations may want to release resources at this point. <br /> | ||

| Public methods ||
|---|---|
| [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#describeContents()()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. |
| [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html) | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#equals(kotlin.Any)(other: https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html?)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. |
| [RectF](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/RectF.html#) | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#getDeletionArea()()` Returns the deletion area `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/RectF.html#` in screen coordinates. |
| [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#getGranularity()()` Returns Granular level on which text should be operated. |
| [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#hashCode()()` Returns a hash code value for the object. |
| [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel,%20kotlin.Int)(dest: https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#, flags: https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)` Used to package this object into a `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#`. |

| Properties ||
|---|---|
| static [Parcelable.Creator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.Creator.html#)\<[DeleteGesture](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#)!\> | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture#CREATOR:android.os.Parcelable.Creator` Used to make this class parcelable. |

## Public methods

### describeContents

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
fun describeContents(): Int
```

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 `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel,%20kotlin.Int)`, the return value of this method must include the `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR:kotlin.Int` bit.

| Return ||
|---|---|
| `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html` | a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either `0` or - `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR:kotlin.Int` |

### equals

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean
```

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The `equals` method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

- It is *reflexive* : for any non-null reference value `x`, `x.equals(x)` should return `true`.
- It is *symmetric* : for any non-null reference values `x` and `y`, `x.equals(y)` should return `true` if and only if `y.equals(x)` returns `true`.
- It is *transitive* : for any non-null reference values `x`, `y`, and `z`, if `x.equals(y)` returns `true` and `y.equals(z)` returns `true`, then `x.equals(z)` should return `true`.
- It is *consistent* : for any non-null reference values `x` and `y`, multiple invocations of `x.equals(y)` consistently return `true` or consistently return `false`, provided no information used in `equals` comparisons on the objects is modified.
- For any non-null reference value `x`, `x.equals(null)` should return `false`.

An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into *equivalence classes*; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `obj` | the reference object with which to compare. |

| Return ||
|---|---|
| `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html` | `true` if this object is the same as the obj argument; `false` otherwise. |

### getDeletionArea

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
fun getDeletionArea(): RectF
```

Returns the deletion area `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/RectF.html#` in screen coordinates. Getter for deletion area set with `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/DeleteGesture.Builder#setDeletionArea(android.graphics.RectF)`.

| Return ||
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/RectF.html#` | This value cannot be `null`. |

### getGranularity

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
fun getGranularity(): Int
```

Returns Granular level on which text should be operated.

| Return ||
|---|---|
| `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html` | Value is one of the following: - `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture#GRANULARITY_CHARACTER:kotlin.Int` - `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture#GRANULARITY_WORD:kotlin.Int` |

**See Also**

- `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture#GRANULARITY_CHARACTER:kotlin.Int`
- `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/HandwritingGesture#GRANULARITY_WORD:kotlin.Int`

### hashCode

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
fun hashCode(): Int
```

Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/util/HashMap.html#`.

The general contract of `hashCode` is:

- Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the `hashCode` method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in `equals` comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
- If two objects are equal according to the `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Object.html#equals(kotlin.Any)` method, then calling the `hashCode` method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
- It is *not* required that if two objects are unequal according to the `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Object.html#equals(kotlin.Any)` method, then calling the `hashCode` method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

| Return ||
|---|---|
| `https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html` | a hash code value for this object. |

### writeToParcel

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
fun writeToParcel(
    dest: Parcel, 
    flags: Int
): Unit
```

Used to package this object into a `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#`.

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `dest` | [Parcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#): The `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#` to be written. This value cannot be `null`. |
| `flags` | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html): The flags used for parceling. |

## Properties

### CREATOR

Added in [API level 34](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

```
static val CREATOR: Parcelable.Creator<DeleteGesture!>
```

Used to make this class parcelable.