Class DynamicDrawableSpan

All Implemented Interfaces:
UpdateAppearance, UpdateLayout
Direct Known Subclasses:
ImageSpan

public abstract class DynamicDrawableSpan extends ReplacementSpan
Span that replaces the text it's attached to with a Drawable that can be aligned with the bottom or with the baseline of the surrounding text.

For an implementation that constructs the drawable from various sources (Bitmap, Drawable, resource id or Uri) use ImageSpan.

A simple implementation of DynamicDrawableSpan that uses drawables from resources looks like this:

 class MyDynamicDrawableSpan extends DynamicDrawableSpan {

 private final Context mContext;
 private final int mResourceId;

 public MyDynamicDrawableSpan(Context context, @DrawableRes int resourceId) {
     mContext = context;
     mResourceId = resourceId;
 }

 @Override
 public Drawable getDrawable() {
      Drawable drawable = mContext.getDrawable(mResourceId);
      drawable.setBounds(0, 0, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
      return drawable;
 }
 }
The class can be used like this:
 SpannableString string = new SpannableString("Text with a drawable span");
 string.setSpan(new MyDynamicDrawableSpan(context, R.mipmap.ic_launcher), 12, 20, Spanned
 .SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
Replacing text with a drawable.
  • Field Details

    • ALIGN_BOTTOM

      public static final int ALIGN_BOTTOM
      A constant indicating that the bottom of this span should be aligned with the bottom of the surrounding text, i.e., at the same level as the lowest descender in the text.
      See Also:
    • ALIGN_BASELINE

      public static final int ALIGN_BASELINE
      A constant indicating that the bottom of this span should be aligned with the baseline of the surrounding text.
      See Also:
    • ALIGN_CENTER

      public static final int ALIGN_CENTER
      A constant indicating that this span should be vertically centered between the top and the lowest descender.
      See Also:
    • mVerticalAlignment

      protected final int mVerticalAlignment
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getVerticalAlignment

      public int getVerticalAlignment()
      Returns the vertical alignment of this span, one of ALIGN_BOTTOM, ALIGN_BASELINE or ALIGN_CENTER.
    • getDrawable

      public abstract Drawable getDrawable()
      Your subclass must implement this method to provide the bitmap to be drawn. The dimensions of the bitmap must be the same from each call to the next.
    • getSize

      public int getSize(@Nonnull TextPaint paint, CharSequence text, int start, int end, @Nullable FontMetricsInt fm)
      Description copied from class: ReplacementSpan
      Returns the width of the span. Extending classes can set the height of the span by updating attributes of FontMetricsInt. If the span covers the whole text, and the height is not set, ReplacementSpan.draw(Canvas, CharSequence, int, int, float, int, int, int, TextPaint) will not be called for the span.
      Specified by:
      getSize in class ReplacementSpan
      Parameters:
      paint - Paint instance.
      text - Current text.
      start - Start character index for span.
      end - End character index for span.
      fm - Font metrics, can be null.
      Returns:
      Width of the span.
    • draw

      public void draw(@Nonnull Canvas canvas, CharSequence text, int start, int end, float x, int top, int y, int bottom, @Nonnull TextPaint paint)
      Description copied from class: ReplacementSpan
      Draws the span into the canvas.
      Specified by:
      draw in class ReplacementSpan
      Parameters:
      canvas - Canvas into which the span should be rendered.
      text - Current text.
      start - Start character index for span.
      end - End character index for span.
      x - Edge of the replacement closest to the leading margin.
      top - Top of the line.
      y - Baseline.
      bottom - Bottom of the line.
      paint - Paint instance.