Anko-ExpandableTextView

An Expandable TextView for Android (Api 16+) which is entirely written in Kotlin and takes advantage of Anko. The library also handles configuration changes, so that the view remains expanded/collapsed on configuration change. Extends from AppCompatTextView.

Table of Contents

• Demo project
• Getting started
• Usage
  • Supported features
  • Extensions
• Documentation
  • Useful xml attributes
  • Important notes
• Contributing
• License
• Acknowledgments

Demo Project

Take a look at the demo project with examples of using this library in Kotlin with Anko DSL as well as in Java with traditional xml.

Getting Started

The library is included in jCenter, so just add this dependency to your module level gradle.build:

dependencies {
    implementation 'tm.charlie.androidlib:expandable-textview:$LatestVersion'
}

Current latest version is:

Usage

1. Define the etv_collapsedLines xml attribute (setCollapsedLines(int lines) method in Java or collapsedLines property in Kotlin) to set the number of lines in collapsed state.
2. Provide unique id so that library could restore its state after configuration change.

Then use ExpandableTextView just as you would use any other TextView.

Xml snippet:

<tm.charlie.expandabletextview.ExpandableTextView
    android:id="@+id/expandable_textview"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:fontFamily="@font/lato_black"
    android:text="@string/lipsum"
    app:etv_collapsedLines="3"
    app:etv_animationDuration="200"/>

Java snippet:

ExpandableTextView expandableTextView = findViewById(R.id.expandable_textview);
expandableTextView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v){
        // Make this ExpandableTextView expand/collapse on click event
        ((ExpandableTextView) v).toggle();
    }
});

Kotlin snippet:

expandableTextView(text = lipsum) {
    id = R.id.expandable_textview
    typeface = ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, R.font.lato_black)
    collapsedLines = 3
    animationDuration = 200

    // State change listener
    onStateChange { oldState, newState -> toast("$oldState -> $newState") }

    // Make ExpandableTextView expand/collapse on click event
    onClick { toggle() }
}

Supported features

• Setting maximum number of collapsed lines and maxim number of expanded lines via both xml and Kotlin/Java.
• Tracking the state of ExpandableTextView via read-only state property. Documentation of possible states. The state will be also automatically updated every time text, collapsedLines or expandedLines properties are changed.
• ExpandableTextView preserves expanded/collapsed state on configuration change, e.g. orientation change, if unique id is provided.

Extensions

Additionally, library provides extension function for simple DSL layout building, like so:

expandableTextView(text = "Lorem ipsum...") {
    collapsedLines = 3
}

More in demo project.

Documentation

Take a look at the library documentation with description of public functions and properties: http://arslancharyev31.github.io/Anko-ExpandableTextView

Useful xml attributes

You can use ExpandableTextView in xml layouts in the same way as you would TextView. The library provides following attributes in addition to the ones defined in TextView.

Important notes

• Library overrides android:ellipsize attribute to TruncateAt.END in order to ensure correct behaviour, therefore setting this attribute either via xml or programmatically will have no effect.
• Library extensively uses android:maxLines internally, therefore this attribute shouldn't be used. Use collapsedLines or expandedLines instead.
• Library extensively overrides android:layout_height internally, therefore this attribute shouldn't be used. You can set it to wrap_content in the layout editor.
• For quite obvious reasons, collapsedLines cannot be greater than expandedLines and vice versa - expandedLines cannot be less than collapsedLines. An IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if either of these rules is violated.

Contributing

If you wish to send a pull request, please make sure to checkout from develop branch and merge with develop branch as well.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

This library was based on its Java counterpart: Android-ExpandableTextView.