Android TextHighlighter
Introduction
highlights every View which inherits TextView(i.e. TextView, Button, EditText). Set targets and Colors. Then highlight any word.
Requirements
Android API ≥ 2.3 (API Level 9)
Gradle
You can import TextHighlighter from jcenter.
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.xeoh.android:text-highlighter:1.0.1'
}
Usage
private TextHighlighter textHighlighter = new TextHighlighter()
.setBackgroundColor(Color.parse("#FFFF00"))
.setForegroundColor(Color.RED)
.addTarget(findViewById(R.id.anyTextView))
.highlight("word", TextHighlighter.BASE_MATCHER);
// invalidate after add more targets textHighlighter.addTarget(findViewById(R.id.anyButton))
.invalidate(TextHighlighter.BASE_MATCHER);
// invalidate after color changes textHighlighter.setForegroundColor(Color.GREEN)
.invalidate(TextHighlighter.BASE_MATCHER);
// change matcher to case insensitive textHighlighter.invalidate(TextHighlighter.CASE_INSENSITIVE_MATCHER);
/* You can use multiple TextHighlighter for multiple keyword or multiple styles. However, if two highlighter highlights same word, priority depends on order of highlight(...) function call */License
TextHighlighter is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.