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Mohit Deshpande
Mohit Deshpande

Reputation: 55217

Syntax highlight in java for android

I want to build an notepad-style application on android that will have syntax highlighting. But when I search around the web, I find the syntax highlighting can be done only through use of an awt class. How could I syntax highlight in maybe a custom EditText or TextView view? I know that the release of a syntax highlighter is sort of anticipated, so I want to add my syntax highlighter on the market.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2916

Answers (2)

Divers
Divers

Reputation: 9569

If someone know Russian, you can read my article about this topic here. Anyway there picture and code snippets that can give you a direction. If you want to check out result, it can be found here

Upvotes: 1

Yuliy
Yuliy

Reputation: 17718

Take a look at the android.text namespace. Specifically, you'll want either an Editable or a Spannable as your text format instead of strings. The android.text.style namespace has the various kinds of markup you can apply to spans of text.

Upvotes: 3

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