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Paradox
Paradox

Reputation: 4566

How to add padding to SpannableStringBuilder?

I have the following code, thanks to the help of @TangXianQiang which creates a background that is wrapped tightly around the text in a TextView: 

String str="this bit of text spans more than one line.Words words words";
    int bstart=0;
    int bend=str.length();

    SpannableStringBuilder style=new SpannableStringBuilder(str);
    style.setSpan(new BackgroundColorSpan(ContextCompat.getColor(this,R.color.colorGreenTra)),bstart,bend, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    TextView tvColor=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_color);
    tvColor.setText(style);

and in XML:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tv_color"
    android:layout_width="280dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:text="this bit of text spans more than one line.Words words words"
    />

The result： enter image description here

However, I would like to add 8dp of padding inside this background so that it does not hug the edge of the text so tightly. How could I accomplish this since the string builder is only working with the start and end of the string?

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