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James Ko
James Ko

Reputation: 34499

EditText: Cursor does not update when calling setText() with a custom Editable

I'm experiencing issues trying to use a custom type that implements Editable as the basis for an EditText. Here is my code:

// This is a custom type that implements Editable.
// It's just a wrapper over a SpannableStringBuilder, with some
// irrelevant added functionality.
public class ColoredText implements Editable {
    private final SpannableStringBuilder builder;

    public ColoredText(String text) {
        this.builder = new SpannableStringBuilder(text);
    }

    // All Editable methods are implemented through this.builder.
    @Override
    public Editable replace(int i, int i1, CharSequence charSequence, int i2, int i3) {
        this.builder.replace(i, i1, charSequence, i2, i3);
        return this;
    }

    ...
}

public class NoCopyEditableFactory extends Editable.Factory {
    @Override
    public Editable newEditable(CharSequence source) {
        return (Editable) source;
    }
}

// In MainActivity.java
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    super.onCreate(bundle);

    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    String line = "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE";
    String text = TextUtils.join("\n", Collections.nCopies(100, line));
    Editable e = new ColoredText(text);

    EditText et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
    et.setEditableFactory(new NoCopyEditableFactory()); // This line is causing trouble.
    et.setText(e, TextView.BufferType.EDITABLE);
}

// In the MainActivity layout file
<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

For some reason, when I comment out the NoCopyEditableFactory, the cursor updates just fine. However, when I uncomment the line forcing the EditText not to copy the ColoredText into a new SpannableStringBuilder, the cursor does not update when I click on new places in the text. Why is this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 157

Answers (1)

James Ko
James Ko

Reputation: 34499

The problem turned out to be with my Editable implementation. It works fine after I deleted some misbehaving code.

Upvotes: -1

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