ExtendedSpans
by Saket Narayan
Custom spans in Compose UI - saket.me/compose-custom-text-spans/
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Extended Spans
ExtendedSpans converts your boring AnnotatedString spans into rad spans.
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implementation "me.saket.extendedspans:extendedspans:1.4.0"
val extendedSpans = remember {
ExtendedSpans(
RoundedCornerSpanPainter(…),
SquigglyUnderlineSpanPainter(…)
)
}
Text(
modifier = Modifier.drawBehind(extendedSpans),
text = remember(text) {
extendedSpans.extend(text)
},
onTextLayout = { result ->
extendedSpans.onTextLayout(result)
}
)
You can also create your own custom spans by extending ExtendedSpanPainter and passing it to ExtendedSpans.
License
Copyright 2022 Saket Narayan.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
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