/** * Text view that allows changing the letter spacing of the text.
* * @author Pedro Barros (pedrobarros.dev at gmail.com) * @since May 7, 2013 *
/import android.content.Context;
import android.text.Spannable;
import android.text.SpannableString;
import android.text.style.ScaleXSpan;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class LetterSpacingTextView extends TextView {
private float letterSpacing = LetterSpacing.NORMAL;
private CharSequence originalText = "";
public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context) {
super(context); }
public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){
super(context, attrs);
}
public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle){
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public float getLetterSpacing() {
return letterSpacing;
}
public void setLetterSpacing(float letterSpacing) {
this.letterSpacing = letterSpacing;
applyLetterSpacing();
}
@Override
public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) {
originalText = text;
applyLetterSpacing();
}
@Override
public CharSequence getText() {
return originalText;
}
private void applyLetterSpacing() {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for(int i = 0; i < originalText.length(); i++) {
builder.append(originalText.charAt(i));
if(i+1 < originalText.length()) {
builder.append("\u00A0");
}
}
SpannableString finalText = new SpannableString(builder.toString());
if(builder.toString().length() > 1) {
for(int i = 1; i < builder.toString().length(); i+=2) {
finalText.setSpan(new ScaleXSpan((letterSpacing+1)/10), i, i+1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
} }
super.setText(finalText, BufferType.SPANNABLE); }
public class LetterSpacing {
public final static float NORMAL = 0; }