Java android.widget TextView fields, constructors, methods, implement or subclass

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Constructor

	TextView(Context context)
	TextView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr)

Method

void	addTextChangedListener(TextWatcher watcher) Adds a TextWatcher to the list of those whose methods are called whenever this TextView's text changes.
ViewPropertyAnimator	animate() This method returns a ViewPropertyAnimator object, which can be used to animate specific properties on this View.
void	announceForAccessibility(CharSequence text) Convenience method for sending a AccessibilityEvent#TYPE_ANNOUNCEMENT AccessibilityEvent to make an announcement which is related to some sort of a context change for which none of the events representing UI transitions is a good fit.
void	append(CharSequence text) Convenience method to append the specified text to the TextView's display buffer, upgrading it to android.widget.TextView.BufferType#EDITABLE if it was not already editable.
void	bringToFront() Change the view's z order in the tree, so it's on top of other sibling views.
void	buildDrawingCache() Calling this method is equivalent to calling `buildDrawingCache(false)`.
void	buildDrawingCache(boolean autoScale) Forces the drawing cache to be built if the drawing cache is invalid. If you call #buildDrawingCache() manually without calling #setDrawingCacheEnabled(boolean) setDrawingCacheEnabled(true) , you should cleanup the cache by calling #destroyDrawingCache() afterwards. Note about auto scaling in compatibility mode: When auto scaling is not enabled, this method will create a bitmap of the same size as this view.
void	clearAnimation() Cancels any animations for this view.
void	clearFocus() Called when this view wants to give up focus.
void	destroyDrawingCache() Frees the resources used by the drawing cache.
void	draw(Canvas canvas) Manually render this view (and all of its children) to the given Canvas.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
T	findViewById(@IdRes int id) Finds the first descendant view with the given ID, the view itself if the ID matches #getId() , or null if the ID is invalid (< 0) or there is no matching view in the hierarchy.
View	focusSearch(@FocusRealDirection int direction) Find the nearest view in the specified direction that can take focus.
float	getAlpha() The opacity of the view.
Drawable	getBackground() Gets the background drawable
int	getBaseline()
int	getBottom() Bottom position of this view relative to its parent.
Class	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object .
int	getCompoundDrawablePadding() Returns the padding between the compound drawables and the text.
Drawable[]	getCompoundDrawables() Returns drawables for the left, top, right, and bottom borders.
Drawable[]	getCompoundDrawablesRelative() Returns drawables for the start, top, end, 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.
CharSequence	getContentDescription() Returns the View 's content description.
Context	getContext() Returns the context the view is running in, through which it can access the current theme, resources, etc.
int	getCurrentHintTextColor() Return the current color selected to paint the hint text.
int	getCurrentTextColor() Return the current color selected for normal text.
Bitmap	getDrawingCache() Calling this method is equivalent to calling `getDrawingCache(false)`.
Editable	getEditableText() Return the text that 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 , or `null` if no error was set or if it the error was cleared by the widget after user input.
InputFilter[]	getFilters() Returns the current list of input filters.
int	getGravity() Returns the horizontal and vertical alignment of this TextView.
int	getHeight() Return the height of your view.
CharSequence	getHint() Returns the hint that is displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.
ColorStateList	getHintTextColors()
void	getHitRect(Rect outRect) Hit rectangle in parent's coordinates
int	getId() Returns this view's identifier.
int	getInputType() Get the type of the editable content.
Layout	getLayout() Gets the android.text.Layout that is currently being used to display the text.
int	getLayoutDirection() Returns the resolved layout direction for this view.
ViewGroup.LayoutParams	getLayoutParams() Get the LayoutParams associated with this view.
int	getLeft() Left position of this view relative to its parent.
int	getLineCount() Return the number of lines of text, or 0 if the internal Layout has not been built.
int	getLineHeight() Gets the vertical distance between lines of text, in pixels.
boolean	getLinksClickable() Returns whether the movement method will automatically be set to LinkMovementMethod if #setAutoLinkMask has been set to nonzero and links are detected in #setText .
ColorStateList	getLinkTextColors()
boolean	getLocalVisibleRect(Rect r)
void	getLocationInWindow(@Size(2) int[] outLocation) Computes the coordinates of this view in its window.
void	getLocationOnScreen(@Size(2) int[] outLocation) Computes the coordinates of this view on the screen.
int	getMaxHeight() Returns the maximum height of TextView in terms of pixels or -1 if the maximum height was set using #setMaxLines(int) or #setLines(int) .
int	getMaxLines() Returns the maximum height of TextView in terms of number of lines or -1 if the maximum height was set using #setMaxHeight(int) or #setHeight(int) .
int	getMaxWidth() Returns the maximum width of TextView in terms of pixels or -1 if the maximum width was set using #setMaxEms(int) or #setEms(int) .
int	getMeasuredHeight() Like #getMeasuredHeightAndState() , but only returns the raw height component (that is the result is masked by #MEASURED_SIZE_MASK ).
int	getMeasuredWidth() Like #getMeasuredWidthAndState() , but only returns the raw width component (that is the result is masked by #MEASURED_SIZE_MASK ).
MovementMethod	getMovementMethod() Gets the android.text.method.MovementMethod being used for this TextView, which provides positioning, scrolling, and text selection functionality.
int	getPaddingBottom() Returns the bottom padding of this view.
int	getPaddingEnd() Returns the end padding of this view depending on its resolved layout direction.
int	getPaddingLeft() Returns the left padding of this view.
int	getPaddingRight() Returns the right padding of this view.
int	getPaddingStart() Returns the start padding of this view depending on its resolved layout direction.
int	getPaddingTop() Returns the top padding of this view.
TextPaint	getPaint() Gets the TextPaint used for the text.
int	getPaintFlags() Gets the flags on the Paint being used to display the text.
ViewParent	getParent() Gets the parent of this view.
Resources	getResources() Returns the resources associated with this view.
int	getRight() Right position of this view relative to its parent.
float	getScaleX() The amount that the view is scaled in x around the pivot point, as a proportion of the view's unscaled width.
float	getScaleY() The amount that the view is scaled in y around the pivot point, as a proportion of the view's unscaled height.
int	getScrollX() Return the scrolled left position of this view.
int	getScrollY() Return the scrolled top position of this view.
int	getSelectionEnd() Convenience for Selection#getSelectionEnd .
int	getSelectionStart() Convenience for Selection#getSelectionStart .
Object	getTag() Returns this view's tag.
Object	getTag(int key) Returns the tag associated with this view and the specified key.
CharSequence	getText() Return the text that TextView is displaying.
int	getTextAlignment() Return the resolved text alignment.
ColorStateList	getTextColors() Gets the text colors for the different states (normal, selected, focused) of the TextView.
float	getTextScaleX() Gets the extent by which text should be stretched horizontally.
float	getTextSize()
int	getTop() Top position of this view relative to its parent.
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.
TransformationMethod	getTransformationMethod() Gets the current android.text.method.TransformationMethod for the TextView.
Typeface	getTypeface() Gets the current Typeface that is used to style the text.
URLSpan[]	getUrls() Returns the list of android.text.style.URLSpan URLSpans attached to the text (by Linkify or otherwise) if any.
ViewTreeObserver	getViewTreeObserver() Returns the ViewTreeObserver for this view's hierarchy.
int	getVisibility() Returns the visibility status for this view.
int	getWidth() Return the width of your view.
IBinder	getWindowToken() Retrieve a unique token identifying the window this view is attached to.
float	getX() The visual x position of this view, in pixels.
void	invalidate() Invalidate the whole view.
boolean	isClickable() Indicates whether this view reacts to click events or not.
boolean	isEnabled() Returns the enabled status for this view.
boolean	isInEditMode() Indicates whether this View is currently in edit mode.
boolean	isSelected() Indicates the selection state of this view.
boolean	isShown() Returns the visibility of this view and all of its ancestors
boolean	isTextSelectable() Returns the state of the textIsSelectable flag (See #setTextIsSelectable setTextIsSelectable() ).
void	layout(int l, int t, int r, int b) Assign a size and position to a view and all of its descendants This is the second phase of the layout mechanism.
int	length() Returns the length, in characters, of the text managed by this TextView
void	measure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) This is called to find out how big a view should be.
boolean	post(Runnable action) Causes the Runnable to be added to the message queue.
boolean	postDelayed(Runnable action, long delayMillis) Causes the Runnable to be added to the message queue, to be run after the specified amount of time elapses.
void	postInvalidate() Cause an invalidate to happen on a subsequent cycle through the event loop.
boolean	requestFocus() Call this to try to give focus to a specific view or to one of its descendants.
void	requestLayout() Call this when something has changed which has invalidated the layout of this view.
void	scrollTo(int x, int y) Set the scrolled position of your view.
void	sendAccessibilityEvent(int eventType) Sends an accessibility event of the given type.
void	setActivated(boolean activated) Changes the activated state of this view.
void	setAllCaps(boolean allCaps) Sets the properties of this field to transform input to ALL CAPS display.
void	setAlpha(@FloatRange(from = 0.0, to = 1.0) float alpha) Sets the opacity of the view to a value from 0 to 1, where 0 means the view is completely transparent and 1 means the view is completely opaque.
void	setAnimation(Animation animation) Sets the next animation to play for this view.
void	setAutoLinkMask(int mask) Sets the autolink mask of the text.
void	setBackground(Drawable background) Set the background to a given Drawable, or remove the background.
void	setBackgroundColor(@ColorInt int color) Sets the background color for this view.
void	setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable background)
void	setBackgroundResource(@DrawableRes int resid) Set the background to a given resource.
void	setBottom(int bottom) Sets the bottom position of this view relative to its parent.
void	setClickable(boolean clickable) Enables or disables click events for this view.
void	setCompoundDrawablePadding(int pad) Sets the size of the padding between the compound drawables and the text.
void	setCompoundDrawables(@Nullable Drawable left, @Nullable Drawable top, @Nullable Drawable right, @Nullable Drawable bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablesRelative(@Nullable Drawable start, @Nullable Drawable top, @Nullable Drawable end, @Nullable Drawable bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the start of, above, to the end of, and below the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(@DrawableRes int start, @DrawableRes int top, @DrawableRes int end, @DrawableRes int bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the start of, above, to the end of, and below the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(@Nullable Drawable start, @Nullable Drawable top, @Nullable Drawable end, @Nullable Drawable bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the start of, above, to the end of, and below the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(@DrawableRes int left, @DrawableRes int top, @DrawableRes int right, @DrawableRes int bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(@Nullable Drawable left, @Nullable Drawable top, @Nullable Drawable right, @Nullable Drawable bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void	setContentDescription(CharSequence contentDescription) Sets the View 's content description.
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.
void	setDrawingCacheEnabled(boolean enabled) Enables or disables the drawing cache.
void	setElevation(float elevation) Sets the base elevation of this view, in pixels.
void	setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt where) Causes words in the text that are longer than the view's width to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled)
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	setFadingEdgeLength(int length) Set the size of the faded edge used to indicate that more content in this view is available.
void	setFilters(InputFilter[] filters) Sets the list of input filters that will be used if the buffer is Editable.
void	setFocusable(boolean focusable) Set whether this view can receive the focus.
void	setFocusableInTouchMode(boolean focusableInTouchMode) Set whether this view can receive focus while in touch mode.
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) Sets the height of the TextView to be exactly `pixels` tall.
void	setHighlightColor(@ColorInt int color) Sets the color used to display the selection highlight.
void	setHint(CharSequence hint) Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.
void	setHint(@StringRes int resid) Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty, from a resource.
void	setHintTextColor(@ColorInt int color) Sets the color of the hint text for all the states (disabled, focussed, selected...) of this TextView.
void	setHintTextColor(ColorStateList colors) Sets the color of the hint text.
void	setHorizontalFadingEdgeEnabled(boolean horizontalFadingEdgeEnabled) Define whether the horizontal edges should be faded when this view is scrolled horizontally.
void	setHorizontallyScrolling(boolean whether) Sets whether the text should be allowed to be wider than the View is.
void	setId(@IdRes int id) Sets the identifier for this view.
void	setImeOptions(int imeOptions) Change the editor type integer associated with the text view, which is reported to an Input Method Editor (IME) with EditorInfo#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	setInputType(int type) Set the type of the content with a constant as defined for EditorInfo#inputType .
void	setKeyListener(KeyListener input) Sets the key listener to be used with this TextView.
void	setLayerType(int layerType, @Nullable Paint paint) Specifies the type of layer backing this view.
void	setLayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) Set the layout parameters associated with this view.
void	setLeft(int left) Sets the left position of this view relative to its parent.
void	setLines(int lines) Sets the height of the TextView to be exactly lines tall.
void	setLineSpacing(float add, float mult) Sets line spacing for this TextView.
void	setLinksClickable(boolean whether) Sets whether the movement method will automatically be set to LinkMovementMethod if #setAutoLinkMask has been set to nonzero and links are detected in #setText .
void	setLinkTextColor(@ColorInt int color) Sets the color of links in the text.
void	setLinkTextColor(ColorStateList colors) Sets the color of links in the text.
void	setLongClickable(boolean longClickable) Enables or disables long click events for this view.
void	setMarqueeRepeatLimit(int marqueeLimit) Sets how many times to repeat the marquee animation.
void	setMaxEms(int maxEms) Sets the width of the TextView to be at most maxEms wide.
void	setMaxHeight(int maxPixels) Sets the height of the TextView to be at most maxPixels tall.
void	setMaxLines(int maxLines) Sets the height of the TextView to be at most maxLines tall.
void	setMaxWidth(int maxPixels) Sets the width of the TextView to be at most maxPixels wide.
void	setMinHeight(int minPixels) Sets the height of the TextView to be at least minPixels tall.
void	setMinimumHeight(int minHeight) Sets the minimum height of the view.
void	setMinimumWidth(int minWidth) Sets the minimum width of the view.
void	setMinWidth(int minPixels) Sets the width of the TextView to be at least minPixels wide.
void	setMovementMethod(MovementMethod movement) Sets the android.text.method.MovementMethod for handling arrow key movement for this TextView.
void	setOnClickListener(@Nullable OnClickListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when this view is clicked.
void	setOnCreateContextMenuListener(OnCreateContextMenuListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when the context menu for this view is being built.
void	setOnEditorActionListener(OnEditorActionListener l) Set a special listener to be called when an action is performed on the text view.
void	setOnFocusChangeListener(OnFocusChangeListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when focus of this view changed.
void	setOnKeyListener(OnKeyListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when a hardware key is pressed in this view.
void	setOnLongClickListener(@Nullable OnLongClickListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when this view is clicked and held.
void	setOnSystemUiVisibilityChangeListener(OnSystemUiVisibilityChangeListener l) Set a listener to receive callbacks when the visibility of the system bar changes.
void	setOnTouchListener(OnTouchListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when a touch event is sent to this view.
void	setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
void	setPaddingRelative(int start, int top, int end, int bottom)
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	setRight(int right) Sets the right position of this view relative to its parent.
void	setScaleX(float scaleX) Sets the amount that the view is scaled in x around the pivot point, as a proportion of the view's unscaled width.
void	setScaleY(float scaleY) Sets the amount that the view is scaled in Y around the pivot point, as a proportion of the view's unscaled width.
void	setScrollBarStyle(@ScrollBarStyle int style) Specify the style of the scrollbars.
void	setScroller(Scroller s) Sets the Scroller used for producing a scrolling animation
void	setScrollX(int value) Set the horizontal scrolled position of your view.
void	setSelected(boolean selected)
void	setShadowLayer(float radius, float dx, float dy, int color) Gives the text a shadow of the specified blur radius and color, the specified distance from its drawn position.
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.
void	setSingleLine() Sets the properties of this field (lines, horizontally scrolling, transformation method) to be for a single-line input.
void	setStateListAnimator(StateListAnimator stateListAnimator) Attaches the provided StateListAnimator to this View.
void	setTag(final Object tag) Sets the tag associated with this view.
void	setTag(int key, final Object tag) Sets a tag associated with this view and a key.
void	setText(CharSequence text) Sets the text to be displayed.
void	setText(@StringRes int resid) Sets the text to be displayed using a string resource identifier.
void	setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) Sets the text to be displayed and the android.widget.TextView.BufferType .
void	setText(@StringRes int resid, BufferType type) Sets the text to be displayed using a string resource identifier and the android.widget.TextView.BufferType .
void	setTextAlignment(@TextAlignment int textAlignment) Set the text alignment.
void	setTextAppearance(@StyleRes int resId) Sets the text appearance from the specified style resource.
void	setTextAppearance(Context context, @StyleRes int resId) Sets the text color, size, style, hint color, and highlight color from the specified TextAppearance resource.
void	setTextColor(@ColorInt int color) Sets the text color for all the states (normal, selected, focused) to be this color.
void	setTextColor(ColorStateList colors) Sets the text color.
void	setTextDirection(int textDirection) Set the text direction.
void	setTextIsSelectable(boolean selectable) Sets whether the content of this view is selectable by the user.
void	setTextScaleX(float size) Sets the horizontal scale factor for text.
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.
void	setTop(int top) Sets the top position of this view relative to its parent.
void	setTransformationMethod(TransformationMethod method) Sets the transformation that is applied to the text that this TextView is displaying.
void	setTransitionName(String transitionName) Sets the name of the View to be used to identify Views in Transitions.
void	setTranslationY(float translationY) Sets the vertical location of this view relative to its #getTop() top position.
void	setTypeface(@Nullable Typeface tf, @Typeface.Style 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(@Nullable Typeface tf) Sets the typeface and style in which the text should be displayed.
void	setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(boolean verticalFadingEdgeEnabled) Define whether the vertical edges should be faded when this view is scrolled vertically.
void	setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(boolean verticalScrollBarEnabled) Define whether the vertical scrollbar should be drawn or not.
void	setVisibility(@Visibility int visibility) Set the visibility state of this view.
void	setWidth(int pixels) Sets the width of the TextView to be exactly pixels wide.
void	setX(float x) Sets the visual x position of this view, in pixels.
void	setY(float y) Sets the visual y position of this view, in pixels.
void	startAnimation(Animation animation) Start the specified animation now.
String	toString()