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TextView
A TextView displays text to the user and optionally allows them to edit it. A TextView is
a complete text editor, however the basic class is configured to not allow editing.

TextView Attributes

Following are the important attributes related to TextView control. You can check
Android official documentation for complete list of attributes and related methods
which you can use to change these attributes are run time.

Attribute Description
android:id This is the ID which uniquely identifies the control.
android:capitalize If set, specifies that this TextView has a textual input
method and should automatically capitalize what the
user types.

 Don't automatically capitalize anything - 0

 Capitalize the first word of each sentence - 1
 Capitalize the first letter of every word - 2
 Capitalize every character - 3

android:cursorVisible Makes the cursor visible (the default) or invisible.

Default is false.
android:editable If set to true, specifies that this TextView has an input
method.
android:fontFamily Font family (named by string) for the text.
android:gravity Specifies how to align the text by the view's x- and/or y-
axis when the text is smaller than the view.
android:hint Hint text to display when the text is empty.
android:inputType The type of data being placed in a text field. Phone, Date,
Time, Number, Password etc.
android:maxHeight Makes the TextView be at most this many pixels tall.
android:maxWidth Makes the TextView be at most this many pixels wide.
android:minHeight Makes the TextView be at least this many pixels tall.
android:minWidth Makes the TextView be at least this many pixels wide.
android:password Whether the characters of the field are displayed as
password dots instead of themselves. Possible value
either "true" or "false".
android:phoneNumber If set, specifies that this TextView has a phone number
input method. Possible value either "true" or "false".
android:text Text to display.
android:textAllCaps Present the text in ALL CAPS. Possible value either

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"true" or "false".
android:textColor Text color. May be a color value, in the form of "#rgb",
"#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".
android:textColorHighligh Color of the text selection highlight.
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android:textColorHint Color of the hint text. May be a color value, in the form of
"#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".
android:textIsSelectable Indicates that the content of a non-editable text can be
selected. Possible value either "true" or "false".
android:textSize Size of the text. Recommended dimension type for text is
"sp" for scaled-pixels (example: 15sp).
android:textStyle Style (bold, italic, bolditalic) for the text. You can use or
more of the following values separated by '|'.

 normal - 0
 bold - 1
 italic - 2

android:typeface Typeface (normal, sans, serif, monospace) for the text.

You can use or more of the following values separated
by '|'.

 normal - 0
 sans - 1
 serif - 2
 monospace - 3

Example

This example will take you through simple steps to show how to create your own
Android application using Linear Layout and TextView.

Ste Description
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1 You will use Eclipse IDE to create an Android application and name it as
GUIDemo under a package com.example.guidemo as explained in the Hello World
Example chapter.
2 Modify src/MainActivity.java file to add a click event.
2 Modify the detault content of res/layout/activity_main.xml file to include Android
UI control.
3 Define required constants in res/values/strings.xml file
4 Run the application to launch Android emulator and verify the result of the

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changes done in the application.

Following is the content of the modified main activity file

src/com.example.guidemo/MainActivity.java. This file can include each of the
fundamental lifecycle methods.

package com.example.guidemo;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

//--- text view---

TextView txtView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text_id);
final String Label = txtView.getText().toString();

txtView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"You have clicked the Label : " + Label,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

});
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}

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Following will be the content of res/layout/activity_main.xml file:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<TextView
android:id="@+id/text_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:capitalize="characters"
android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</RelativeLayout>

Following will be the content of res/values/strings.xml to define two new constants:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>

<string name="app_name">GUIDemo</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>

</resources>

Following is the default content of AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.guidemo"
android:versionCode="1"

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android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.guidemo.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Let's try to run your GUIDemo application. I assume you had created your AVD while
doing environment setup. To run the app from Eclipse, open one of your project's
activity files and click Run icon from the toolbar. Eclipse installs the app on your AVD
and starts it and if everything is fine with your setup and application, it will display
following Emulator window:

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Now let's click on the Lable "Hello World", it will give following screen:

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