# Text samples

This sample demonstrates several text-related features in Android.

### [Downloadable Fonts](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/DownloadableFonts.kt)

Apps can create a [font resource][1] XML and declare it in their 'AndroidManifest.xml' to let the
system prefetch the font. The font family can be used with `android:fontFamily` in layout XMLs.

Alternatively, apps can use [`FontsContractCompat`][2] to download fonts dynamically.

Read [Use Downloadable Fonts][3] for the detail.

[1]: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/font-resource#downloadable-font
[2]: https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/provider/FontsContractCompat
[3]: https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/text-and-emoji/downloadable-fonts

### [Text Span](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/TextSpan.kt)

[`buildSpannedString`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/core/text/package-summary#buildSpannedString(kotlin.Function1))
in the [core-ktx](https://developer.android.com/kotlin/ktx#core) library is useful for quickly
building a rich text.

### [Linkify](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/Linkify.kt)

[LinkifyCompat](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/text/util/LinkifyCompat)
is useful for creating links in TextViews. The API supports email addresses, phone numbers, and web
URLs out of the box, and you can also use regular expressions to create a custom link pattern.

### [Hyphenation](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/Hyphenation.kt)

Automatic hyphenation is available for a number of languages including English.

Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API level 23) introduced the
[android:hyphenationFrequency](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView#attr_android:hyphenationFrequency)
attribute to apply automatic hyphenation to a `TextView`.

Android 13 (API level 33) introduced 2 new options, `fullFast` and `normalFast`. These are the same
as `full` and `normal`, but use faster algorithm for better performance.

### [Line break](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/LineBreak.kt)

This feature is relevant to _languages written without spaces between words_, such as Japanese and
Chinese. This particular demo works only when the device locale is set to Japanese.

Android 13 (API level 33) introduced the `android:lineBreakWordStyle` attribute to `TextView`. Set
this attribute to `"phrase"`, and
[phrases (bunsetsu)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E7%AF%80)
in the text will not be separated by line breaks.

### [Conversation suggestions](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/ConversionSuggestions.kt)

Android 13 (API level 33) introduced Conversion Suggestion API that allows apps to access pieces of
text before they are committed during a text conversion session. Apps can then use these suggestions
to build incremental search queries, etc.

See
[ConversionEditText.kt](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/ConversionEditText.kt)
and
[ConversionInputConnection.kt](src/main/java/com/example/platform/ui/text/ConversionInputConnection.kt)
for the detail on how to use the API.

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