If user types a String and it contains @ i want to change the color of the text to red.i have tried with textwatcher but got stack overflow error.I want to change the color only if the @ is at the beginning.The code is given below
topic.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
int count) {
}
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
}
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
if (s.toString().matches("(@\\w+)")) {
topic.setText(Html.fromHtml(s.toString().replaceAll(
"(@\\w+)", "<font color='#ffff0000'>$1</font>")));
}
}
});
You have to remove the textwatcher before you set the new text to edit text.
Try this code
private TextWatcher textWatcher = new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
editText.removeTextChangedListener(this);
String text = editText.getText().toString();
if (text .matches("(@\\w+)")) {
editText.setText(Html.fromHtml(text .replaceAll(
"(@\\w+)", "<font color='#ffff0000'>$1</font>")));
}
editText.addTextChangedListener(this);
}
};
if (s.toString().matches("(@\\w+)"))
{
topic.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#ffff0000"));
}
Try this:
topic.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
int count) {
}
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
}
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
if (s.toString().startsWith("@")) {
topic.setText(
Html.fromHtml("<font color='#ffff0000'>"+
s.toString().substring(1)
+"</font>"));
}
}
});
if(s.toString().startsWith("@"))
{
topic.setTextColor(Color.RED);
}
append to bring curser at end of line
and set text null before appending
edt_customer_cc.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
}
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
edt_customer_cc.removeTextChangedListener(this);
String text = edt_customer_cc.getText().toString();
if (text .contains(";")) {
edt_customer_cc.setText("");
// append to bring curser at end of line
edt_customer_cc.append(Html.fromHtml(text.replaceAll(
"(\\;)", "<font color='#ff0000'>;</font>")));
}
//editText.setText(text);
//editText.setSelection(text.length());
edt_customer_cc.addTextChangedListener(this);
}
});
This is a textWatcher Metod
public TextWatcher textWatcher(final EditText editText) {
return new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
}
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
if ("@".equals(s.substring(0, 1))) {
editText.setTextColor(Color.RED);
}
}
};
}