TextView

 API Reference: UI.TextView​
 TextView is rich version of Label​
TypeScript code blocks include examples of how to implement, override and components within the theme. You can create page with the UI Editor to make your page compatible with theming and then you can implement themable components programmatically. Once the page is created with the UI Editor, it generates a class under scripts/generated/pages. You can then extend that class with the following TypeScript classes.
TypeScript
JavaScript
TypeScript
import PageSampleDesign from 'generated/pages/pageSample';
import FlexLayout = require('sf-core/ui/flexlayout');
import Application = require('sf-core/application');
import TextBox = require('sf-core/ui/textbox');
import Color = require('sf-core/ui/color');
import TextView = require('sf-core/ui/textview');
import TextAlignment = require('sf-core/ui/textalignment');
​
​
//You should create new Page from UI-Editor and extend with it.
export default class Sample extends PageSampleDesign {
​
    myTextView: TextView;
​
    constructor() {
        super();
        // Overrides super.onShow method
        this.onShow = onShow.bind(this, this.onShow.bind(this));
        // Overrides super.onLoad method
        this.onLoad = onLoad.bind(this, this.onLoad.bind(this));
​
        this.layout.flexDirection = FlexLayout.FlexDirection.ROW;
        this.layout.justifyContent = FlexLayout.JustifyContent.CENTER;
        this.layout.alignItems = FlexLayout.AlignItems.CENTER;
    }
}
​
/**
 * @event onShow
 * This event is called when a page appears on the screen (everytime).
 * @param {function} superOnShow super onShow function
 * @param {Object} parameters passed from Router.go function
 */
function onShow(superOnShow: () => void) {
    const { headerBar } = this;
    superOnShow();
    Application.statusBar.visible = false;
    headerBar.visible = false;
}
​
/**
 * @event onLoad
 * This event is called once when page is created.
 * @param {function} superOnLoad super onLoad function
 */
function onLoad(superOnLoad: () => void) {
    superOnLoad();
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    this.myTextView = new TextView({
        text: "TextView"
    });
​
​
    this.layout.addChild(this.myTextView, "myTextView", ".sf-textView", {
        width: 120,
        height: 60,
        backgroundColor: "#00A1F1",
        textAlignment: "MIDCENTER"
    });
} 
​
JavaScript
const Page = require("sf-core/ui/page");
const extend = require("js-base/core/extend");
const Color = require('sf-core/ui/color');
const FlexLayout = require('sf-core/ui/flexlayout');
const TextView = require('sf-core/ui/textview');
const TextAlignment = require('sf-core/ui/textalignment');
​
var Page1 = extend(Page)(
    function(_super) {
        _super(this, {
            onShow: function(params) {
                Application.statusBar.visible = false;
                this.headerBar.visible = false;
​
            }
        });
        this.layout.flexDirection = FlexLayout.FlexDirection.ROW;
        this.layout.justifyContent = FlexLayout.JustifyContent.CENTER;
        this.layout.alignItems = FlexLayout.AlignItems.CENTER;
​
        var myText = new TextView({
            width: 120,
            height: 60,
            backgroundColor: Color.create("#00A1F1"),
            text: "TextView",
            textAlignment: TextAlignment.MIDCENTER
        });
​
        this.layout.addChild(myText);
    }
);
module.exports = Page1;
​​​
Auto Content Size
In a column-flexlayout : If no height and flexgrow set for a label object, it automatically resizes according to text content.
In a row-flexlayout : If no width and flexgrow set for a label object, it automatically resizes according to text content.
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AttributedText
Attributed Text, is an "inline" text formatting option. Formatting option can change the following features of the text. A TextView can have more than one or more attributed text.
font name
font type (weight, bold, italic)
text color
underline
underline color (iOS only)
link (touching to a text-block within a TextView trigger the link)
text background
TypeScript
JavaScript
TypeScript
import PageSampleDesign from 'generated/pages/pageSample';
import FlexLayout = require('sf-core/ui/flexlayout');
import Application = require('sf-core/application');
import TextBox = require('sf-core/ui/textbox');
import Color = require('sf-core/ui/color');
import TextView = require('sf-core/ui/textview');
import System = require('sf-core/device/system');
import Font = require('sf-core/ui/font');
import AttributedString = require('sf-core/ui/attributedstring');
​
​
​
//You should create new Page from UI-Editor and extend with it.
export default class Sample extends PageSampleDesign {
​
    myTextView: TextView;
​
    constructor() {
        super();
        // Overrides super.onShow method
        this.onShow = onShow.bind(this, this.onShow.bind(this));
        // Overrides super.onLoad method
        this.onLoad = onLoad.bind(this, this.onLoad.bind(this));
​
        this.layout.flexDirection = FlexLayout.FlexDirection.ROW;
        this.layout.justifyContent = FlexLayout.JustifyContent.CENTER;
        this.layout.alignItems = FlexLayout.AlignItems.CENTER;
    }
}
​
/**
 * @event onShow
 * This event is called when a page appears on the screen (everytime).
 * @param {function} superOnShow super onShow function
 * @param {Object} parameters passed from Router.go function
 */
function onShow(superOnShow: () => void) {
    const { headerBar } = this;
    superOnShow();
    Application.statusBar.visible = false;
    headerBar.visible = false;
}
​
/**
 * @event onLoad
 * This event is called once when page is created.
 * @param {function} superOnLoad super onLoad function
 */
function onLoad(superOnLoad: () => void) {
    superOnLoad();
​
    this.myTextView = new TextView({
        lineSpacing: 20
    });
​
​
    if (System.OS === "iOS") {
        this.myTextView.letterSpacing = 5;
    }
    else {
        // letterSpacing working on ANDROID Lollipop (API-21) AND UPPER
        this.myTextView.letterSpacing = 0.3;
    }
​
    this.myTextView.onClick = function (link) {
        console.log("link " + link);
    };
​
    let attributeString = new AttributedString();
    attributeString.string = "First\n";
    attributeString.foregroundColor = Color.GREEN;
​
    let attributeString2 = new AttributedString();
    attributeString2.string = "Second";
    attributeString2.link = "Second Link ";
​
    let attributeString3 = new AttributedString();
    attributeString3.string = " Third";
    attributeString3.link = "Third Link";
    attributeString3.backgroundColor = Color.RED;
    attributeString3.underline = true;
    //@ts-ignore
    attributeString3.font = Font.create("TimesNewRomanPS-RegularMT", 30);
    //@ts-ignore
    attributeString3.ios.underlineColor = Color.YELLOW;
​
    this.myTextView.attributedText = [attributeString, attributeString2, attributeString3];
​
    this.layout.addChild(this.myTextView, "myTextView", ".sf-textView", {
        width: null,
        height: null,
        flexGrow: 1,
        maxLines: 0
    });
} 
​
JavaScript
const Page = require("sf-core/ui/page");
const extend = require("js-base/core/extend");
const System = require('sf-core/device/system');
const TextView = require('sf-core/ui/textview');
const Color = require('sf-core/ui/color');
const Font = require('sf-core/ui/font');
const AttributedString = require('sf-core/ui/attributedstring');
​
var Page1 = extend(Page)(
    function(_super) {
        _super(this, {
            onShow: function(params) {
                Application.statusBar.visible = false;
                this.headerBar.visible = false;
            },
            onLoad: function(params) {
​
                var textView = new TextView({
                    flexGrow: 1,
                    lineSpacing: 20
                });
​
                if (System.OS === "iOS") {
                    textView.letterSpacing = 5;
                }
                else {
                    // letterSpacing working on ANDROID Lollipop (API-21) AND UPPER
                    textView.letterSpacing = 0.3;
                }
​
                textView.onClick = function(link) {
                    console.log("link " + link);
                };
​
                var attributeString = new AttributedString();
                attributeString.string = "First\n";
                attributeString.foregroundColor = Color.GREEN;
​
                var attributeString2 = new AttributedString();
                attributeString2.string = "Second";
                attributeString2.link = "Second Link ";
​
                var attributeString3 = new AttributedString();
                attributeString3.string = " Third";
                attributeString3.link = "Third Link";
                attributeString3.backgroundColor = Color.RED;
                attributeString3.underline = true;
                attributeString3.font = Font.create("TimesNewRomanPS-RegularMT",30);
                attributeString3.ios.underlineColor = Color.YELLOW;
​
                textView.attributedText = [attributeString, attributeString2, attributeString3];
​
                this.layout.addChild(textView);
            }
        });
    }
);
module.exports = Page1;
​​​
Letter Spacing
The implementation is differs in both OS. iOS accepts point to allocate space between letters. Android accepts 'em' that is the typography unit of font width. According to given text size , em unit is determined such as if given text size is 16 sp then 1em unit is equal to 16 sp. There is also another consideration that em is the width of the widest letter of current language. Such as in English em takes the M letter as widest letter and being considered while spacing.
TypeScript
JavaScript
TypeScript
    this.myTextView = new TextView({
        lineSpacing: 20
    });
​
    let attributeString3 = new AttributedString();
    attributeString3.string = " Third";
    attributeString3.backgroundColor = Color.RED;
    attributeString3.underline = true;
    //@ts-ignore
    attributeString3.font = Font.create("TimesNewRomanPS-RegularMT", 30);
    attributeString3.ios.underlineColor = Color.YELLOW;
    // letterSpacing working on ANDROID Lollipop (API-21) AND UPPER
    this.myTextView.letterSpacing = (System.OS === "iOS" ? 5 : 5 / attributeString3.font.size);
​
    this.myTextView.attributedText = [attributeString3];
    
    this.layout.addChild(this.myTextView, "myTextView", ".sf-textView", {
        width: null,
        height: null,
        flexGrow: 1,
        maxLines: 0
    });
JavaScript
var textView = new TextView({
          flexGrow: 1
        });
​
        var attributeString3 = new AttributedString();
        attributeString3.string = " Third";
        attributeString3.backgroundColor = Color.RED;
        attributeString3.underline = true;
        attributeString3.font = Font.create("TimesNewRomanPS-RegularMT", 30);
        attributeString3.ios.underlineColor = Color.YELLOW;
        // letterSpacing working on ANDROID Lollipop (API-21) AND UPPER
        textView.letterSpacing = (System.OS === "iOS" ? 5 : 5 / attributeString3.font.size);
​
        textView.attributedText = [attributeString3];
        
        this.layout.addChild(textView);
TextView vs Label
This comparison is documented within Label guide
IDE support
It is possible to edit attributed text display features within IDE easily. While editing the TextView from design area, double-click causes opening of inline text editor in the design area. For TextView only, IDE is showing an additional dialog to change the formatting of the selected text. The attributed text, for the changed features, may no longer be affected by the properties & styling.
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HTML to Attributed Text
Smartface has prepared a html-to-text library, that converts HTML to AttributedText. This library can convert some basic level HTML to AttributedText. UI editor uses this library to convert rich HTML text to with JavaScript. It is possible to observe this behavior in UI editor generated codes.
## Copy & Paste rich text with UI editor
UI editor supports copy-pasting of rich text across TextViews
It is possible to copy a rich text from other HTML sources and paste it into TextView. In that case, it may work, it may not. Smartface officially does neither supports nor recommends this approach. Use it at your own risk.
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