SpannableStringBuilder
  public
  
  
  
  class
  SpannableStringBuilder
  
    extends Object
  
  
  
  
  
      implements
      
        Appendable, 
      
        CharSequence, 
      
        Editable, 
      
        GetChars, 
      
        Spannable
      
  
  
| java.lang.Object | |
| ↳ | android.text.SpannableStringBuilder | 
This is the class for text whose content and markup can both be changed.
Summary
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      SpannableStringBuilder()
      Create a new SpannableStringBuilder with empty contents | |
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      SpannableStringBuilder(CharSequence text)
      Create a new SpannableStringBuilder containing a copy of the specified text, including its spans if any. | |
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      SpannableStringBuilder(CharSequence text, int start, int end)
      Create a new SpannableStringBuilder containing a copy of the specified slice of the specified text, including its spans if any. | |
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      append(char text)
      Convenience for append(String.valueOf(text)). | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      append(CharSequence text, Object what, int flags)
      Appends the character sequence  | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      append(CharSequence text, int start, int end)
      Convenience for replace(length(), length(), text, start, end) | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      append(CharSequence text)
      Convenience for replace(length(), length(), text, 0, text.length()) | 
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        char | 
      charAt(int where)
      Return the char at the specified offset within the buffer. | 
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        void | 
      clear()
      Convenience for replace(0, length(), "", 0, 0). | 
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        void | 
      clearSpans()
      Removes all spans from the Editable, as if by calling
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      delete(int start, int end)
      Convenience for replace(st, en, "", 0, 0) | 
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        boolean | 
      equals(Object o)
      Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. | 
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        void | 
      getChars(int start, int end, char[] dest, int destoff)
      Copy the specified range of chars from this buffer into the specified array, beginning at the specified offset. | 
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        InputFilter[] | 
      getFilters()
      Returns the array of input filters that are currently applied to changes to this Editable. | 
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        int | 
      getSpanEnd(Object what)
      Return the buffer offset of the end of the specified markup object, or -1 if it is not attached to this buffer. | 
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        int | 
      getSpanFlags(Object what)
      Return the flags of the end of the specified markup object, or 0 if it is not attached to this buffer. | 
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        int | 
      getSpanStart(Object what)
      Return the buffer offset of the beginning of the specified markup object, or -1 if it is not attached to this buffer. | 
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        <T>
        T[] | 
      getSpans(int queryStart, int queryEnd, Class<T> kind)
      Return an array of the spans of the specified type that overlap the specified range of the buffer. | 
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        int | 
      getTextRunCursor(int contextStart, int contextEnd, int dir, int offset, int cursorOpt, Paint p)
      This method was deprecated in API level 15. This is an internal method, refrain from using it in your code | 
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        int | 
      getTextWatcherDepth()
      Returns the depth of TextWatcher callbacks. | 
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        int | 
      hashCode()
      Returns a hash code value for the object. | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      insert(int where, CharSequence tb)
      Convenience for replace(where, where, text, 0, text.length()); | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      insert(int where, CharSequence tb, int start, int end)
      Convenience for replace(where, where, text, start, end) | 
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        int | 
      length()
      Return the number of chars in the buffer. | 
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        int | 
      nextSpanTransition(int start, int limit, Class<T> kind)
      Return the next offset after  | 
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        void | 
      removeSpan(Object what)
      Remove the specified markup object from the buffer. | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      replace(int start, int end, CharSequence tb, int tbstart, int tbend)
      Replaces the specified range ( | 
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        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      replace(int start, int end, CharSequence tb)
      Convenience for replace(st, en, text, 0, text.length()) | 
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        void | 
      setFilters(InputFilter[] filters)
      Sets the series of filters that will be called in succession whenever the text of this Editable is changed, each of which has the opportunity to limit or transform the text that is being inserted. | 
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        void | 
      setSpan(Object what, int start, int end, int flags)
      Mark the specified range of text with the specified object. | 
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        CharSequence | 
      subSequence(int start, int end)
      Return a new CharSequence containing a copy of the specified range of this buffer, including the overlapping spans. | 
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        String | 
      toString()
      Return a String containing a copy of the chars in this buffer. | 
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        static
        
        
        SpannableStringBuilder | 
      valueOf(CharSequence source)
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Public constructors
SpannableStringBuilder
public SpannableStringBuilder ()
Create a new SpannableStringBuilder with empty contents
SpannableStringBuilder
public SpannableStringBuilder (CharSequence text)
Create a new SpannableStringBuilder containing a copy of the specified text, including its spans if any.
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| text | CharSequence | 
SpannableStringBuilder
public SpannableStringBuilder (CharSequence text, int start, int end)
Create a new SpannableStringBuilder containing a copy of the specified slice of the specified text, including its spans if any.
| Parameters | |
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| text | CharSequence | 
| start | int | 
| end | int | 
Public methods
append
public SpannableStringBuilder append (char text)
Convenience for append(String.valueOf(text)).
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| text | char: The character to append | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | A reference to this Appendable | 
append
public SpannableStringBuilder append (CharSequence text, Object what, int flags)
Appends the character sequence text and spans what over the appended part.
 See Spanned for an explanation of what the flags mean.
| Parameters | |
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| text | CharSequence: the character sequence to append. | 
| what | Object: the object to be spanned over the appended text. | 
| flags | int: seeSpanned. | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | this SpannableStringBuilder. | 
append
public SpannableStringBuilder append (CharSequence text, int start, int end)
Convenience for replace(length(), length(), text, start, end)
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| text | CharSequence: The character sequence from which a subsequence will be
         appended.  Ifcsqisnull, then characters
         will be appended as ifcsqcontained the four
         characters"null". | 
| start | int: The index of the first character in the subsequence | 
| end | int: The index of the character following the last character in the
         subsequence | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | A reference to this Appendable | 
append
public SpannableStringBuilder append (CharSequence text)
Convenience for replace(length(), length(), text, 0, text.length())
| Parameters | |
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| text | CharSequence: The character sequence to append.  Ifcsqisnull, then the four characters"null"are
         appended to this Appendable. | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | A reference to this Appendable | 
charAt
public char charAt (int where)
Return the char at the specified offset within the buffer.
| Parameters | |
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| where | int: the index of thecharvalue to be returned | 
| Returns | |
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| char | the specified charvalue | 
clear
public void clear ()
Convenience for replace(0, length(), "", 0, 0).
 Note that this clears the text, not the spans;
 use clearSpans() if you need that.
clearSpans
public void clearSpans ()
Removes all spans from the Editable, as if by calling
 Spannable.removeSpan(Object) on each of them.
delete
public SpannableStringBuilder delete (int start, int end)
Convenience for replace(st, en, "", 0, 0)
| Parameters | |
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| start | int | 
| end | int | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | |
equals
public boolean equals (Object o)
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 returntrue.
- It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values
     xandy,x.equals(y)should returntrueif and only ify.equals(x)returnstrue.
- It is transitive: for any non-null reference values
     x,y, andz, ifx.equals(y)returnstrueandy.equals(z)returnstrue, thenx.equals(z)should returntrue.
- It is consistent: for any non-null reference values
     xandy, multiple invocations ofx.equals(y)consistently returntrueor consistently returnfalse, provided no information used inequalscomparisons on the objects is modified.
- For any non-null reference value x,x.equals(null)should returnfalse.
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 | |
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| o | Object: This value may benull. | 
| Returns | |
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| boolean | trueif this object is the same as the obj
          argument;falseotherwise. | 
getChars
public void getChars (int start, 
                int end, 
                char[] dest, 
                int destoff)Copy the specified range of chars from this buffer into the specified array, beginning at the specified offset.
| Parameters | |
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| start | int | 
| end | int | 
| dest | char | 
| destoff | int | 
getFilters
public InputFilter[] getFilters ()
Returns the array of input filters that are currently applied to changes to this Editable.
| Returns | |
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| InputFilter[] | |
getSpanEnd
public int getSpanEnd (Object what)
Return the buffer offset of the end of the specified markup object, or -1 if it is not attached to this buffer.
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| what | Object | 
| Returns | |
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| int | |
getSpanFlags
public int getSpanFlags (Object what)
Return the flags of the end of the specified markup object, or 0 if it is not attached to this buffer.
| Parameters | |
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| what | Object | 
| Returns | |
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| int | |
getSpanStart
public int getSpanStart (Object what)
Return the buffer offset of the beginning of the specified markup object, or -1 if it is not attached to this buffer.
| Parameters | |
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| what | Object | 
| Returns | |
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| int | |
getSpans
public T[] getSpans (int queryStart, 
                int queryEnd, 
                Class<T> kind)Return an array of the spans of the specified type that overlap the specified range of the buffer. The kind may be Object.class to get a list of all the spans regardless of type.
| Parameters | |
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| queryStart | int | 
| queryEnd | int | 
| kind | Class: This value may benull. | 
| Returns | |
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| T[] | |
getTextRunCursor
public int getTextRunCursor (int contextStart, 
                int contextEnd, 
                int dir, 
                int offset, 
                int cursorOpt, 
                Paint p)
      This method was deprecated
      in API level 15.
    This is an internal method, refrain from using it in your code
  
Returns the next cursor position in the run. This avoids placing the cursor between surrogates, between characters that form conjuncts, between base characters and combining marks, or within a reordering cluster.
The context is the shaping context for cursor movement, generally the bounds of the metric
 span enclosing the cursor in the direction of movement.
 contextStart, contextEnd and offset are relative to
 the start of the string.
If cursorOpt is CURSOR_AT and the offset is not a valid cursor position, this returns -1. Otherwise this will never return a value before contextStart or after contextEnd.
| Parameters | |
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| contextStart | int: the start index of the context | 
| contextEnd | int: the (non-inclusive) end index of the context | 
| dir | int: 1 if the run is RTL, otherwise 0 | 
| offset | int: the cursor position to move from | 
| cursorOpt | int: how to move the cursor, one of CURSOR_AFTER,
 CURSOR_AT_OR_AFTER, CURSOR_BEFORE,
 CURSOR_AT_OR_BEFORE, or CURSOR_AT | 
| p | Paint: the Paint object that is requesting this information | 
| Returns | |
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| int | the offset of the next position, or -1 | 
getTextWatcherDepth
public int getTextWatcherDepth ()
Returns the depth of TextWatcher callbacks. Returns 0 when the object is not handling TextWatchers. A return value greater than 1 implies that a TextWatcher caused a change that recursively triggered a TextWatcher.
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| int | |
hashCode
public int hashCode ()
Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is
 supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by
 HashMap.
 
 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 hashCodemethod must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used inequalscomparisons 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 equalsmethod, then calling thehashCodemethod 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 equalsmethod, then calling thehashCodemethod 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.
| Returns | |
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| int | a hash code value for this object. | 
insert
public SpannableStringBuilder insert (int where, CharSequence tb)
Convenience for replace(where, where, text, 0, text.length());
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| where | int | 
| tb | CharSequence | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | |
insert
public SpannableStringBuilder insert (int where, CharSequence tb, int start, int end)
Convenience for replace(where, where, text, start, end)
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| where | int | 
| tb | CharSequence | 
| start | int | 
| end | int | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | |
length
public int length ()
Return the number of chars in the buffer.
| Returns | |
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| int | the number of chars in this sequence | 
nextSpanTransition
public int nextSpanTransition (int start, 
                int limit, 
                Class<T> kind)Return the next offset after start but less than or
 equal to limit where a span of the specified type
 begins or ends.
| Parameters | |
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| start | int | 
| limit | int | 
| kind | Class | 
| Returns | |
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| int | |
removeSpan
public void removeSpan (Object what)
Remove the specified markup object from the buffer.
| Parameters | |
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| what | Object | 
replace
public SpannableStringBuilder replace (int start, int end, CharSequence tb, int tbstart, int tbend)
Replaces the specified range (st…en) of text in this
 Editable with a copy of the slice start…end from
 source.  The destination slice may be empty, in which case
 the operation is an insertion, or the source slice may be empty,
 in which case the operation is a deletion.
 
 Before the change is committed, each filter that was set with
 setFilters(InputFilter) is given the opportunity to modify the
 source text.
 
 If source
 is Spanned, the spans from it are preserved into the Editable.
 Existing spans within the Editable that entirely cover the replaced
 range are retained, but any that were strictly within the range
 that was replaced are removed. If the source contains a span
 with Spanned.SPAN_PARAGRAPH flag, and it does not satisfy the
 paragraph boundary constraint, it is not retained. As a special case, the
 cursor position is preserved even when the entire range where it is located
 is replaced.
| Parameters | |
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| start | int | 
| end | int | 
| tb | CharSequence | 
| tbstart | int | 
| tbend | int | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | a reference to this object. | 
replace
public SpannableStringBuilder replace (int start, int end, CharSequence tb)
Convenience for replace(st, en, text, 0, text.length())
| Parameters | |
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| start | int | 
| end | int | 
| tb | CharSequence | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | |
setFilters
public void setFilters (InputFilter[] filters)
Sets the series of filters that will be called in succession whenever the text of this Editable is changed, each of which has the opportunity to limit or transform the text that is being inserted.
| Parameters | |
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| filters | InputFilter | 
setSpan
public void setSpan (Object what, int start, int end, int flags)
Mark the specified range of text with the specified object. The flags determine how the span will behave when text is inserted at the start or end of the span's range.
| Parameters | |
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| what | Object | 
| start | int | 
| end | int | 
| flags | int | 
subSequence
public CharSequence subSequence (int start, int end)
Return a new CharSequence containing a copy of the specified range of this buffer, including the overlapping spans.
| Parameters | |
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| start | int: the start index, inclusive | 
| end | int: the end index, exclusive | 
| Returns | |
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| CharSequence | the specified subsequence | 
toString
public String toString ()
Return a String containing a copy of the chars in this buffer.
| Returns | |
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| String | a string representation of the object. | 
valueOf
public static SpannableStringBuilder valueOf (CharSequence source)
| Parameters | |
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| source | CharSequence | 
| Returns | |
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| SpannableStringBuilder | |
