Custom textview in android

Custom textview in android :          

In android sometime we have to set the external effect to the textview. In default textview you cant set more effects. For that you have to create custom textview.Here I have written simple steps to create custom textview in android.

Steps:

Create attrs.xml in values folder and set the attributes for the textview.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <declare-styleable name="testTex"> <attr name="testName" format="string"></attr> </declare-styleable> </resources>

Set the custom attributes to the textview in activity_main.xml:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.example.extendstextview" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <com.example.extendstextview.Textview android:id="@+id/textvv" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" app:testName="sample testview" > </com.example.extendstextview.Textview> </RelativeLayout>

Create new class and extends TextView.

Get the attributes from the attrs.xml and store it to the TypeArray.

TypedArray typedArray=context.getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.testTex, 0, 0);      try{            text=typedArray.getString(R.styleable.testTex_testName);          }         finally{              typedArray.recycle();          }

Finally imlement onDraw method,and set textview color,size and text.

setText(text);      setTextSize(30);setShadowLayer(4, 2, 2, Color.rgb(250, 00, 250));

Note:

Dont forget to add "android-support-v7-appcompat" in this project when import.

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