/** * Text view that allows changing the letter spacing of the text. * * @author Pedro Barros (pedrobarros.dev at gmail.com) * @since May 7, 2013 */import android.content.Context;import android.text.Spannable;import android.text.SpannableString;import android.text.style.ScaleXSpan;import android.util.AttributeSet;import android.widget.TextView;public class LetterSpacingTextView extends TextView { private float letterSpacing = LetterSpacing.NORMAL; private CharSequence originalText = ""; public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context) { super(context); } public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){ super(context, attrs); } public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle){ super(context, attrs, defStyle); } public float getLetterSpacing() { return letterSpacing; } public void setLetterSpacing(float letterSpacing) { this.letterSpacing = letterSpacing; applyLetterSpacing(); } @Override public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) { originalText = text; applyLetterSpacing(); } @Override public CharSequence getText() { return originalText; } private void applyLetterSpacing() { StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); for(int i = 0; i < originalText.length(); i++) { builder.append(originalText.charAt(i)); if(i+1 < originalText.length()) { builder.append("\u00A0"); } } SpannableString finalText = new SpannableString(builder.toString()); if(builder.toString().length() > 1) { for(int i = 1; i < builder.toString().length(); i+=2) { finalText.setSpan(new ScaleXSpan((letterSpacing+1)/10), i, i+1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); } } super.setText(finalText, BufferType.SPANNABLE); } public class LetterSpacing { public final static float NORMAL = 0; }}