I'm trying to apply a font color to text in an EditText as you type text. However, its just very inconsistent, meaning that sometimes if you type a space, the text preceding that space will go back to the default black color. Or if I put my cursor in the middle of a word and start typing the entire word changes color and not just the text I'm typing. The bold, italic and underline seem to work well though. How can I guarantee that only the text I'm typing will be affected with regards to font color?
See "SIZE AND COLOR" comment below...
contentEdit.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
//add style as the user types if a toggle button is enabled
ToggleButton boldButton = (ToggleButton) findViewById(R.id.bold);
ToggleButton emButton = (ToggleButton) findViewById(R.id.italic);
ToggleButton underlineButton = (ToggleButton) findViewById(R.id.underline);
int position = Selection.getSelectionStart(contentEdit.getText());
try{
if (position < 0){
position = 0;
}
if (position > 0){
if (styleStart > position || position > (cursorLoc + 1)){
//user changed cursor location, reset
if (position - cursorLoc > 1){
//user pasted text
styleStart = cursorLoc;
}
else{
styleStart = position - 1;
}
}
if (boldButton.isChecked()){
StyleSpan[] ss = s.getSpans(styleStart, position, StyleSpan.class);
for (int i = 0; i < ss.length; i++) {
if (ss[i].getStyle() == android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD){
s.removeSpan(ss[i]);
}
}
s.setSpan(new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), styleStart, position, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
}
if (emButton.isChecked()){
StyleSpan[] ss = s.getSpans(styleStart, position, StyleSpan.class);
for (int i = 0; i < ss.length; i++) {
if (ss[i].getStyle() == android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC){
s.removeSpan(ss[i]);
}
}
s.setSpan(new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC), styleStart, position, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
}
if (underlineButton.isChecked()){
UnderlineSpan[] ss = s.getSpans(styleStart, position, UnderlineSpan.class);
for (int i = 0; i < ss.length; i++) {
s.removeSpan(ss[i]);
}
s.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), styleStart, position, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
}
//SIZE AND COLOR//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
s.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(m_color), position, position, Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
s.setSpan(new AbsoluteSizeSpan(m_curSize, true), position, position, Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
}
}
catch(Exception e){
//Toast.makeText(m_ctx, m_ctx.gets, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
showMessage(R.string.NOTE_WARNING_STYLE,m_utils.MSGTYPE_WARNING);
}
cursorLoc = Selection.getSelectionStart(contentEdit.getText());
}