TextView in android

TextView in android.

 

• TextView in android are works as label. 
• It enables user to display text on the screen.
• Generally text display in textview are static but user can set text dynamically.
• Two ways to create text view in android
• Using xml file in layout
  
           <TextView
          android:id="@+id/hello"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="@string/hello" />
   
• Using java code in activity class
         
           TextView tvDynamic = new TextView(this);
          tvDynamic.setText("---> Dynamically created TextView");
   
• Types of TextView in android
• Large TextView
• android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
   
• Medium TextView
• android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
   
• Small TextView
• android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
   
• Checked TextView
         
        <CheckedTextView
        android:id="@+id/checkedTextView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="CheckedTextView"/>
       

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