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TextView

declare class TextView extends View {}

A user interface element that displays text to the user.

Attribute​

text​

<TextView text="hello" />

  • Description​

    Text to display.

hint​

<TextView hint="hello" />

  • Description​

    Hint text to display when the text is empty.

textSize​

<TextView textSize="20px" />

  • Description​

    Size of the text.

fontFamily​

<TextView fontFamily="Arial" />

  • Description​

    Font family (named by string or as a font resource reference) for the text.

textStyle​

<TextView textStyle="normal" />

  • Description​

    Style (normal, bold, italic, bold|italic) for the text.

textColor​

<TextView textColor="#ffffff" />

  • Description​

    Text color #ffffff rgb(0,0,0) rgba(0,0,0,0.5)

textColorHint​

<TextView textColorHint="#ffffff" />

  • Description​

    Color of the hint text.

Instance Method​

setText​

declare class TextView {
    setText(text: CharSequence):void;
}

  • Description​

    Sets the text to be displayed using a string resource identifier.

getText​

declare class TextView {
    getText(): CharSequence;
}

  • Description​

    Return the text that TextView is displaying.

setHint​

declare class TextView {
    setHint(hint:CharSequence): void;
}

  • Description​

    Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.

getHint​

declare class TextView {
    getHint(): CharSequence;
}

  • Description​

    Returns the hint that is displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.

setTextSize​

declare class TextView {
    setTextSize(size: number): void;
}

  • Description​

    Set the default text size to the given value, interpreted as "scaled pixel" units.

setTextColor​

declare class TextView {
    setTextColor(color: number): void;
}

  • Description​

    Sets the text color for all the states (normal, selected, focused) to be this color.