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Android APIs
public class

StyleSpan

extends MetricAffectingSpan
implements ParcelableSpan
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.text.style.CharacterStyle
     ↳ android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan
       ↳ android.text.style.StyleSpan

Class Overview

Describes a style in a span. Note that styles are cumulative -- if both bold and italic are set in separate spans, or if the base style is bold and a span calls for italic, you get bold italic. You can't turn off a style from the base style.

Summary

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Inherited Constants
From interface android.os.Parcelable
Public Constructors
StyleSpan (int style)
StyleSpan ( Parcel src)
Public Methods
int describeContents ()
Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.
int getSpanTypeId ()
Return a special type identifier for this span class.
int getStyle ()
Returns the style constant defined in Typeface .
void updateDrawState ( TextPaint ds)
void updateMeasureState ( TextPaint paint)
void writeToParcel ( Parcel dest, int flags)
Flatten this object in to a Parcel.
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Inherited Methods
From class android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan
From class android.text.style.CharacterStyle
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.os.Parcelable
From interface android.text.ParcelableSpan

Public Constructors

public StyleSpan (int style)

Added in API level 1

Parameters
style An integer constant describing the style for this span. Examples include bold, italic, and normal. Values are constants defined in Typeface .

public StyleSpan ( Parcel src)

Added in API level 3

Public Methods

public int describeContents ()

Added in API level 3

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's marshalled representation.

Returns
  • a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshalled by the Parcelable.

public int getSpanTypeId ()

Added in API level 3

Return a special type identifier for this span class.

public int getStyle ()

Added in API level 1

Returns the style constant defined in Typeface .

public void updateDrawState ( TextPaint ds)

Added in API level 1

public void updateMeasureState ( TextPaint paint)

Added in API level 1

public void writeToParcel ( Parcel dest, int flags)

Added in API level 3

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
dest The Parcel in which the object should be written.
flags Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE .