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Added in API level 1

public abstract class

CharacterStyle

extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.text.style.CharacterStyle

Known Direct Subclasses

BackgroundColorSpan , ClickableSpan , ForegroundColorSpan , MaskFilterSpan , MetricAffectingSpan , RasterizerSpan , StrikethroughSpan , SuggestionSpan , UnderlineSpan

Known Indirect Subclasses

AbsoluteSizeSpan , DynamicDrawableSpan , ImageSpan , LocaleSpan , RelativeSizeSpan , ReplacementSpan , ScaleXSpan , StyleSpan , SubscriptSpan , SuperscriptSpan , TextAppearanceSpan , TypefaceSpan , URLSpan

Class Overview

The classes that affect character-level text formatting extend this class. Most extend its subclass MetricAffectingSpan , but simple ones may just implement UpdateAppearance .

Summary

Public Constructors
	CharacterStyle ()

Public Methods
CharacterStyle	getUnderlying () Returns "this" for most CharacterStyles, but for CharacterStyles that were generated by `wrap(CharacterStyle)` , returns the underlying CharacterStyle.
abstract void	updateDrawState ( TextPaint tp)
static CharacterStyle	wrap ( CharacterStyle cs) A given CharacterStyle can only applied to a single region of a given Spanned.

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone () Creates and returns a copy of this `Object` .
boolean	equals ( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize () Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class <?>	getClass () Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode () Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify () Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll () Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString () Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait () Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait (long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait (long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

Public Constructors

public CharacterStyle ()

Added in API level 1

Public Methods

public CharacterStyle getUnderlying ()

Added in API level 1

Returns "this" for most CharacterStyles, but for CharacterStyles that were generated by wrap(CharacterStyle) , returns the underlying CharacterStyle.

public abstract void updateDrawState ( TextPaint tp)

Added in API level 1

public static CharacterStyle wrap ( CharacterStyle cs)

Added in API level 1

A given CharacterStyle can only applied to a single region of a given Spanned. If you need to attach the same CharacterStyle to multiple regions, you can use this method to wrap it with a new object that will have the same effect but be a distinct object so that it can also be attached without conflict.

Results

Interfaces

Classes

CharacterStyle

Class Overview

Summary

Public Constructors

public CharacterStyle ()

Public Methods

public CharacterStyle getUnderlying ()

public abstract void updateDrawState ( TextPaint tp)

public static CharacterStyle wrap ( CharacterStyle cs)