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MaskFilterSpan

public class MaskFilterSpan
extends CharacterStyle implements UpdateAppearance

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


Span that allows setting a MaskFilter to the text it's attached to.

For example, to blur a text, a BlurMaskFilter can be used:

 MaskFilter blurMask = new BlurMaskFilter(5f, BlurMaskFilter.Blur.NORMAL);
 SpannableString string = new SpannableString("Text with blur mask");
 string.setSpan(new MaskFilterSpan(blurMask), 10, 15, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
 
Text blurred with the MaskFilterSpan.

Summary

Public constructors

MaskFilterSpan(MaskFilter filter)

Creates a MaskFilterSpan from a MaskFilter.

Public methods

MaskFilter getMaskFilter()

Return the mask filter for this span.

void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds)

Inherited methods

Public constructors

MaskFilterSpan

public MaskFilterSpan (MaskFilter filter)

Creates a MaskFilterSpan from a MaskFilter.

Parameters
filter MaskFilter: the filter to be applied to the TextPaint

Public methods

getMaskFilter

public MaskFilter getMaskFilter ()

Return the mask filter for this span.

Returns
MaskFilter the mask filter for this span

updateDrawState

public void updateDrawState (TextPaint ds)

Parameters
ds TextPaint