Question

I want to build an notepad-style application on android that will have syntax highlighting. But when I search around the web, I find the syntax highlighting can be done only through use of an awt class. How could I syntax highlight in maybe a custom EditText or TextView view? I know that the release of a syntax highlighter is sort of anticipated, so I want to add my syntax highlighter on the market.

Answer 1

Take a look at the android.text namespace. Specifically, you’ll want either an Editable or a Spannable as your text format instead of strings. The android.text.style namespace has the various kinds of markup you can apply to spans of text.