I have created a SpannableString
, with the first character, and last 2 smaller than the rest. It looks like this:
sBBBBss
I would like to align the smaller characters so they are aligned with the top of the bigger text, instead of the bottom (as they appear here).
Is this possible?
I guess I am looking for something like this pseudo-code:
myAmount.setSpan(new RelativeAlignSpan(View.TOP), 0, 1, 0);
My only other alternative is to create a new layout, with multiple TextViews, that I populate independently, and align however I please. I think this is kind of messy, and would prefer to use the SpannableString approach.
So I found the answer to this question posting it here to help the next guy.
I created a helper class to contain the methods to adjust the Span, you can call it using this syntax (this is setting the last 2 characters to appear higher on the line):
SpannableString contentAmount = new SpannableString(amount);
contentAmount.setSpan(new SuperscriptSpanAdjuster(3.0/5.0), contentAmount.length() - 2, contentAmount.length(), SpannableString.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
and the helper class is:
/**
* This is a helper class to help adjust the alignment of a section of text, when using SpannableStrings to set text
* formatting dynamically.
*
*/
import android.text.TextPaint;
import android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan;
public class SuperscriptSpanAdjuster extends MetricAffectingSpan {
double ratio = 0.5;
public SuperscriptSpanAdjuster() {
}
public SuperscriptSpanAdjuster(double ratio) {
this.ratio = ratio;
}
@Override
public void updateDrawState(TextPaint paint) {
paint.baselineShift += (int) (paint.ascent() * ratio);
}
@Override
public void updateMeasureState(TextPaint paint) {
paint.baselineShift += (int) (paint.ascent() * ratio);
}
}