Spread your Wings with Spannables
summary
Claims that Spannables render faster and crisper than Html.toText() is slower and fuzzier get demonstrated with concrete patterns: use ReplacementSpan’s draw method for rounded background buttons that avoid extra view hierarchy and overdraw, ImageSpan/Drawable bounds for inline icons, LocaleSpan for mixed-language brand names, MaskFilter for blurs, ClickableSpan for one-line tappable links, and SpanWatcher to detect edits and animate emoticons. An “encyclopedia” of span types exists and a companion app and GitHub examples are promised, with production examples like New York Times and Google Docs cited.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:36Preface
- 1:14Spannables
- 4:02Encyclopedia
- 5:18Examples
- 7:03Why Spannables
- 9:25Better Views
- 11:30Expandable Types
- 13:26Simple Spannable
- 15:38Expandable Spannable
- 17:16Clickable Spannable
- 18:56Canvas Spannable
- 22:14Locale Span
- 23:42Image Span
- 24:38Color Span
- 25:32Accessibility
- 27:28Bonus Points
- 30:46Thanks
- 31:33Questions
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