TextView in Android using Jetpack Compose
Jetpack Compose is a new toolkit provided by Google. This is useful for designing beautiful UI designs. Android TextView is a simple view in Android which is used to display text inside our App. In this article, we will take a look at the implementation of TextView in Android using Jetpack Compose.
Attributes of TextView Widget
Attributes |
Description |
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text | to set the text which we have to display inside our TextView. |
style | to change the style of TextView in Android. |
color | to change the color of TextView. |
fontSize | to change the font size of our text. |
fontWeight | to set the weight for our font ie. extra bold, dark, and many more |
fontStyle | to set font style to italic. |
fontFamily | to change the font family of our text. |
letterSpacing | to set spacing in between letters of our TextView. |
background | to set background color for our TextView. |
shadow | to add shadow for our TextView. |
textAlign | to change the alignment of our TextView. |
modifier | the modifier is used to add padding to our TextView. |
Step by Step Implementation
Step 1: Create a New Project
To create a new project in the Android Studio Canary Version please refer to How to Create a new Project in Android Studio Canary Version with Jetpack Compose.
Step 2: Adding TextView in MainActivity.kt file
Navigate to the app > java > your app’s package name and open the MainActivity.kt file. Inside that file add the below code to it. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
Kotlin
package com.example.edittext import android.os.Bundle import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.* import androidx.compose.material.MaterialTheme import androidx.compose.material.Surface import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Shadow import androidx.compose.ui.platform.setContent import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontStyle import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp import androidx.compose.ui.unit.TextUnit import com.example.edittext.ui.EditTextTheme class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super .onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContent { EditTextTheme { // A surface container using the // 'background' color from the theme Surface( // to add background color for our screen. color = MaterialTheme.colors.background, ) { // here we are calling our Composable // function inside setContent method. TextView() } } } } } // below is the Composable function // which we have created for our TextView. @Composable fun TextView() { Column( // we are using column to align // our textview to center of the screen. modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().fillMaxHeight(), // below line is used for specifying // vertical arrangement. verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center, // below line is used for specifying // horizontal arrangement. horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally, ) { // TextView widget. androidx.compose.foundation.Text( // below line is for displaying // text in our text view. text = "Beginner for Beginner" , // below line is used to add // style to our text view. style = TextStyle( // color is used to provide green // color to our text view. color = Color.Green, // font size to change the // size of our text view. fontSize = TextUnit.Sp( 30 ), // font weight to bold such as light bold, // extra bold to our text view. fontWeight = FontWeight.Black, // font style is i=use to change style // of our text view to italic and normal. fontStyle = FontStyle.Italic, // font family is use to change // our font family to cursive. fontFamily = FontFamily.Cursive, // letter spacing is use to // provide between letters. letterSpacing = TextUnit.Companion.Sp( 2 ), // background is use to specify background // color to our text view. background = Color.White, // shadow to make our // text view elevated. shadow = Shadow(color = Color.Gray), // textALign to align our text view // to center position. textAlign = TextAlign.Center, ), // modifier is use to give // padding to our text view. modifier = Modifier.padding(all = Dp( 20 .0F)) ) } } // @Preview function is use to see preview // for our composable function in preview section. @Preview @Composable fun DefaultPreview() { MaterialTheme { // we are passing our composable // function to display its preview. TextView() } } |