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BoringLayout

public class BoringLayout
extends Layout implements TextUtils.EllipsizeCallback

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.text.Layout
     ↳ android.text.BoringLayout


A BoringLayout is a very simple Layout implementation for text that fits on a single line and is all left-to-right characters. You will probably never want to make one of these yourself; if you do, be sure to call isBoring(CharSequence, TextPaint) first to make sure the text meets the criteria.

This class is used by widgets to control text layout. You should not need to use this class directly unless you are implementing your own widget or custom display object, in which case you are encouraged to use a Layout instead of calling Canvas.drawText() directly.

Summary

Nested classes

class BoringLayout.Metrics

 

Inherited constants

Public constructors

BoringLayout(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int outerwidth, Layout.Alignment align, float spacingMult, float spacingAdd, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, boolean includePad)
BoringLayout(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int outerWidth, Layout.Alignment align, float spacingMult, float spacingAdd, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, boolean includePad, TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsize, int ellipsizedWidth)

Public methods

void draw(Canvas c, Path highlight, Paint highlightpaint, int cursorOffset)

Draw this Layout on the specified canvas, with the highlight path drawn between the background and the text.

void ellipsized(int start, int end)

Callback for the ellipsizer to report what region it ellipsized.

int getBottomPadding()

Returns the number of extra pixels of descent padding in the bottom line of the Layout.

int getEllipsisCount(int line)

Returns the number of characters to be ellipsized away, or 0 if no ellipsis is to take place.

int getEllipsisStart(int line)

Return the offset of the first character to be ellipsized away, relative to the start of the line.

int getEllipsizedWidth()

Return the width to which this Layout is ellipsizing, or getWidth() if it is not doing anything special.

int getHeight()

Return the total height of this layout.

boolean getLineContainsTab(int line)

Returns whether the specified line contains one or more characters that need to be handled specially, like tabs.

int getLineCount()

Return the number of lines of text in this layout.

int getLineDescent(int line)

Return the descent of the specified line(0…getLineCount() - 1).

final Layout.Directions getLineDirections(int line)

Returns the directional run information for the specified line.

float getLineMax(int line)

Gets the unsigned horizontal extent of the specified line, including leading margin indent, but excluding trailing whitespace.

int getLineStart(int line)

Return the text offset of the beginning of the specified line ( 0…getLineCount()).

int getLineTop(int line)

Return the vertical position of the top of the specified line (0…getLineCount()).

float getLineWidth(int line)

Gets the unsigned horizontal extent of the specified line, including leading margin indent and trailing whitespace.

int getParagraphDirection(int line)

Returns the primary directionality of the paragraph containing the specified line, either 1 for left-to-right lines, or -1 for right-to-left lines (see DIR_LEFT_TO_RIGHT, DIR_RIGHT_TO_LEFT).

int getTopPadding()

Returns the (negative) number of extra pixels of ascent padding in the top line of the Layout.

static BoringLayout.Metrics isBoring(CharSequence text, TextPaint paint)

Determine and compute metrics if given text can be handled by BoringLayout.

static BoringLayout.Metrics isBoring(CharSequence text, TextPaint paint, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics)

Determine and compute metrics if given text can be handled by BoringLayout.

static BoringLayout make(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int outerWidth, Layout.Alignment align, float spacingmult, float spacingadd, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, boolean includePad, TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsize, int ellipsizedWidth)

Utility function to construct a BoringLayout instance.

static BoringLayout make(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int outerWidth, Layout.Alignment align, float spacingMult, float spacingAdd, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, boolean includePad)

Utility function to construct a BoringLayout instance.

BoringLayout replaceOrMake(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int outerWidth, Layout.Alignment align, float spacingMult, float spacingAdd, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, boolean includePad, TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsize, int ellipsizedWidth)

Returns a BoringLayout for the specified text, potentially reusing this one if it is already suitable.

BoringLayout replaceOrMake(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int outerwidth, Layout.Alignment align, float spacingMult, float spacingAdd, BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, boolean includePad)

Returns a BoringLayout for the specified text, potentially reusing this one if it is already suitable.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

BoringLayout

public BoringLayout (CharSequence source, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                int outerwidth, 
                Layout.Alignment align, 
                float spacingMult, 
                float spacingAdd, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, 
                boolean includePad)

Parameters
source CharSequence: the text to render

paint TextPaint: the default paint for the layout

outerwidth int: the wrapping width for the text

align Layout.Alignment: whether to left, right, or center the text

spacingMult float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

spacingAdd float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: #Metrics instance that contains information about FontMetrics and line width

includePad boolean: set whether to include extra space beyond font ascent and descent which is needed to avoid clipping in some scripts

BoringLayout

public BoringLayout (CharSequence source, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                int outerWidth, 
                Layout.Alignment align, 
                float spacingMult, 
                float spacingAdd, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, 
                boolean includePad, 
                TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsize, 
                int ellipsizedWidth)

Parameters
source CharSequence: the text to render

paint TextPaint: the default paint for the layout

outerWidth int: the wrapping width for the text

align Layout.Alignment: whether to left, right, or center the text

spacingMult float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

spacingAdd float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: #Metrics instance that contains information about FontMetrics and line width

includePad boolean: set whether to include extra space beyond font ascent and descent which is needed to avoid clipping in some scripts

ellipsize TextUtils.TruncateAt: whether to ellipsize the text if width of the text is longer than the requested outerwidth

ellipsizedWidth int: the width to which this Layout is ellipsizing. If ellipsize is null, or is TextUtils.TruncateAt#MARQUEE this value is not used, outerwidth is used instead

Public methods

draw

public void draw (Canvas c, 
                Path highlight, 
                Paint highlightpaint, 
                int cursorOffset)

Draw this Layout on the specified canvas, with the highlight path drawn between the background and the text.

Parameters
c Canvas: the canvas

highlight Path: the path of the highlight or cursor; can be null

highlightpaint Paint: the paint for the highlight

cursorOffset int: the amount to temporarily translate the canvas while rendering the highlight

ellipsized

public void ellipsized (int start, 
                int end)

Callback for the ellipsizer to report what region it ellipsized.

Parameters
start int

end int

getBottomPadding

public int getBottomPadding ()

Returns the number of extra pixels of descent padding in the bottom line of the Layout.

Returns
int

getEllipsisCount

public int getEllipsisCount (int line)

Returns the number of characters to be ellipsized away, or 0 if no ellipsis is to take place.

Parameters
line int

Returns
int

getEllipsisStart

public int getEllipsisStart (int line)

Return the offset of the first character to be ellipsized away, relative to the start of the line. (So 0 if the beginning of the line is ellipsized, not getLineStart().)

Parameters
line int

Returns
int

getEllipsizedWidth

public int getEllipsizedWidth ()

Return the width to which this Layout is ellipsizing, or getWidth() if it is not doing anything special.

Returns
int

getHeight

public int getHeight ()

Return the total height of this layout.

Returns
int

getLineContainsTab

public boolean getLineContainsTab (int line)

Returns whether the specified line contains one or more characters that need to be handled specially, like tabs.

Parameters
line int

Returns
boolean

getLineCount

public int getLineCount ()

Return the number of lines of text in this layout.

Returns
int

getLineDescent

public int getLineDescent (int line)

Return the descent of the specified line(0…getLineCount() - 1).

Parameters
line int

Returns
int

getLineDirections

public final Layout.Directions getLineDirections (int line)

Returns the directional run information for the specified line. The array alternates counts of characters in left-to-right and right-to-left segments of the line.

NOTE: this is inadequate to support bidirectional text, and will change.

Parameters
line int

Returns
Layout.Directions

getLineMax

public float getLineMax (int line)

Gets the unsigned horizontal extent of the specified line, including leading margin indent, but excluding trailing whitespace.

Parameters
line int

Returns
float

getLineStart

public int getLineStart (int line)

Return the text offset of the beginning of the specified line ( 0…getLineCount()). If the specified line is equal to the line count, returns the length of the text.

Parameters
line int

Returns
int

getLineTop

public int getLineTop (int line)

Return the vertical position of the top of the specified line (0…getLineCount()). If the specified line is equal to the line count, returns the bottom of the last line.

Parameters
line int

Returns
int

getLineWidth

public float getLineWidth (int line)

Gets the unsigned horizontal extent of the specified line, including leading margin indent and trailing whitespace.

Parameters
line int

Returns
float

getParagraphDirection

public int getParagraphDirection (int line)

Returns the primary directionality of the paragraph containing the specified line, either 1 for left-to-right lines, or -1 for right-to-left lines (see DIR_LEFT_TO_RIGHT, DIR_RIGHT_TO_LEFT).

Parameters
line int

Returns
int

getTopPadding

public int getTopPadding ()

Returns the (negative) number of extra pixels of ascent padding in the top line of the Layout.

Returns
int

isBoring

public static BoringLayout.Metrics isBoring (CharSequence text, 
                TextPaint paint)

Determine and compute metrics if given text can be handled by BoringLayout.

Parameters
text CharSequence: a text

paint TextPaint: a paint

Returns
BoringLayout.Metrics layout metric for the given text. null if given text is unable to be handled by BoringLayout.

isBoring

public static BoringLayout.Metrics isBoring (CharSequence text, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics)

Determine and compute metrics if given text can be handled by BoringLayout.

Parameters
text CharSequence: a text

paint TextPaint: a paint

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: a metrics object to be recycled. If null is passed, this function creat new object.

Returns
BoringLayout.Metrics layout metric for the given text. If metrics is not null, this method fills values to given metrics object instead of allocating new metrics object. null if given text is unable to be handled by BoringLayout.

make

public static BoringLayout make (CharSequence source, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                int outerWidth, 
                Layout.Alignment align, 
                float spacingmult, 
                float spacingadd, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, 
                boolean includePad, 
                TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsize, 
                int ellipsizedWidth)

Utility function to construct a BoringLayout instance.

Parameters
source CharSequence: the text to render

paint TextPaint: the default paint for the layout

outerWidth int: the wrapping width for the text

align Layout.Alignment: whether to left, right, or center the text

spacingmult float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

spacingadd float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: #Metrics instance that contains information about FontMetrics and line width

includePad boolean: set whether to include extra space beyond font ascent and descent which is needed to avoid clipping in some scripts

ellipsize TextUtils.TruncateAt: whether to ellipsize the text if width of the text is longer than the requested width

ellipsizedWidth int: the width to which this Layout is ellipsizing. If ellipsize is null, or is TextUtils.TruncateAt#MARQUEE this value is not used, outerWidth is used instead

Returns
BoringLayout

make

public static BoringLayout make (CharSequence source, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                int outerWidth, 
                Layout.Alignment align, 
                float spacingMult, 
                float spacingAdd, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, 
                boolean includePad)

Utility function to construct a BoringLayout instance.

Parameters
source CharSequence: the text to render

paint TextPaint: the default paint for the layout

outerWidth int: the wrapping width for the text

align Layout.Alignment: whether to left, right, or center the text

spacingMult float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

spacingAdd float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: #Metrics instance that contains information about FontMetrics and line width

includePad boolean: set whether to include extra space beyond font ascent and descent which is needed to avoid clipping in some scripts

Returns
BoringLayout

replaceOrMake

public BoringLayout replaceOrMake (CharSequence source, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                int outerWidth, 
                Layout.Alignment align, 
                float spacingMult, 
                float spacingAdd, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, 
                boolean includePad, 
                TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsize, 
                int ellipsizedWidth)

Returns a BoringLayout for the specified text, potentially reusing this one if it is already suitable. The caller must make sure that no one is still using this Layout.

Parameters
source CharSequence: the text to render

paint TextPaint: the default paint for the layout

outerWidth int: the wrapping width for the text

align Layout.Alignment: whether to left, right, or center the text

spacingMult float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

spacingAdd float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: #Metrics instance that contains information about FontMetrics and line width

includePad boolean: set whether to include extra space beyond font ascent and descent which is needed to avoid clipping in some scripts

ellipsize TextUtils.TruncateAt: whether to ellipsize the text if width of the text is longer than the requested width

ellipsizedWidth int: the width to which this Layout is ellipsizing. If ellipsize is null, or is TextUtils.TruncateAt#MARQUEE this value is not used, outerwidth is used instead

Returns
BoringLayout

replaceOrMake

public BoringLayout replaceOrMake (CharSequence source, 
                TextPaint paint, 
                int outerwidth, 
                Layout.Alignment align, 
                float spacingMult, 
                float spacingAdd, 
                BoringLayout.Metrics metrics, 
                boolean includePad)

Returns a BoringLayout for the specified text, potentially reusing this one if it is already suitable. The caller must make sure that no one is still using this Layout.

Parameters
source CharSequence: the text to render

paint TextPaint: the default paint for the layout

outerwidth int: the wrapping width for the text

align Layout.Alignment: whether to left, right, or center the text

spacingMult float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

spacingAdd float: this value is no longer used by BoringLayout

metrics BoringLayout.Metrics: #Metrics instance that contains information about FontMetrics and line width

includePad boolean: set whether to include extra space beyond font ascent and descent which is needed to avoid clipping in some scripts

Returns
BoringLayout