/* * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package android.text.style; import android.annotation.NonNull; import android.os.Parcel; import android.text.Layout; import android.text.ParcelableSpan; import android.text.TextUtils; /** * Span that allows defining the alignment of text at the paragraph level. */ public interface AlignmentSpan extends ParagraphStyle { /** * Returns the alignment of the text. * * @return the text alignment */ Layout.Alignment getAlignment(); /** * Default implementation of the {@link AlignmentSpan}. *
* For example, a text written in a left to right language, like English, which is by default * aligned to the left, can be aligned opposite to the layout direction like this: *
{@code SpannableString string = new SpannableString("Text with opposite alignment"); *string.setSpan(new AlignmentSpan.Standard(Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_OPPOSITE), 0, *string.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);}*
* A text written in a right to left language, like Hebrew, which is by default aligned to the * right, can be aligned opposite to the layout direction like this: *
{@code SpannableString string = new SpannableString("טקסט עם יישור הפוך"); *string.setSpan(new AlignmentSpan.Standard(Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_OPPOSITE), 0, *string.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);}*