Android TextView With Example
Android TextView With Example
Difficulty level : Very-Easy * Last Updated On : 05th June, 2021
TextView is an android widget that is used to display the text on the screen. User can not enter any thing in the text view as the text in the text view can not be changed by the user.
The user can only view or click on the text view.
Below is the picture showing the textview in light and dark mode
The Source Code for the above output is as follows: -
To display the imageview on the screen xml code is used.
XML CODE : (file name - activity_main.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/TextView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@color/purple_200"
android:layout_margin="30dp"
android:textSize="17sp"
android:textColor="@color/white"
android:padding="8dp"
android:textColorHint="@color/white"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
The colors that are used in the application or on the widget are written in the colors file of the android project.
COLORS FILE CODE : (file name - colors.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="purple_200">#FFBB86FC</color>
<color name="purple_500">#FF6200EE</color>
<color name="purple_700">#FF3700B3</color>
<color name="teal_200">#FF03DAC5</color>
<color name="teal_700">#FF018786</color>
<color name="black">#FF000000</color>
<color name="white">#FFFFFFFF</color>
<color name="color1">#EE82EE</color>
<color name="color2">#FDBE3B</color>
<color name="color3">#FF4842</color>
<color name="color4">#3a52fc</color>
<color name="color5">#000000</color>
</resources>
Java file is used to write the program and all the actions that are performed on the widget while on the screen is done by the Java file.
MAIN ACTIVITY CODE : (file name - MainActivity.java)
package com.example.differentandroidcodes;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
TextView textView;
@SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
textView = findViewById(R.id.TextView);
textView.setText("Hello Everyone Welcome to programming drive");
}
}
Note : setText is the method that is used to set the text in text view programmatically.
Manifest file is generated automatically. You can view this file by clicking on the manifest option that is show the project structure image.
MANIFEST FILE CODE: (file name - AndroidManifest.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.differentandroidcodes">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.DifferentStyleButtons">
<activity android:name="com.example.differentandroidcodes.MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Output : -
Light Theme
Dark Theme
Project Structure
Note : The Selected Files are the important files and the code of those files are given in this article.
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