Feb 13, 2015 Replies: 3 Hi all, today wandering around the Android Developer site I met component TextSwitcher that made me think about a quick and easy way to set a few text effects to enrich any basic (very basic) app. So, here it is dgTextEffects! It can be used both from the Designer or from code. Basically it consists of a TextSwitcher able to quicly alternate between its two labels (which are inner elements) and a few preset effects to choose from. Using published methods it should be easy to set more effects. Keep in mind this was a very quick job (less than two hours from first reading about the TextSwitcher to this post), so everything is undoubtedly a bit inaccurate. Anyway it's usable enough to have some fun. Please find attached both the library and a demo app. Enjoy. Attachments dgTextEffects_014.zip dgTextEffects_014.zip 6.7 KB · Views: 793 TEDemo_014.zip TEDemo_014.zip 10.1 KB · Views: 835 Last edited: Feb 13, 2015 Click to expand...
Hi all, today wandering around the Android Developer site I met component TextSwitcher that made me think about a quick and easy way to set a few text effects to enrich any basic (very basic) app. So, here it is dgTextEffects! It can be used both from the Designer or from code. Basically it consists of a TextSwitcher able to quicly alternate between its two labels (which are inner elements) and a few preset effects to choose from. Using published methods it should be easy to set more effects. Keep in mind this was a very quick job (less than two hours from first reading about the TextSwitcher to this post), so everything is undoubtedly a bit inaccurate. Anyway it's usable enough to have some fun. Please find attached both the library and a demo app. Enjoy.
udg Expert Licensed User Longtime User Feb 13, 2015 #2 Thanks to the excellent Martin Pearman's tool, here it is my library's current version documentation: Library name: dgTextEffects Author: UDG Version: 0.14 clTextEffects Methods: initialize (TargetModule As Object, EventName As String) As String Initializes the object. Make sure that the Customview in designer is large enough to display the labels with the format you need. Required for both Designer and Manual setup TargetModule - calling module EventName - prefix name for events associated to this class (none at the moment) IsInitialized As Boolean Tests whether the object has been initialized. designercreateview (Base As PanelWrapper, Lbl As LabelWrapper, Props As Map) As String Used by the designer when added there. Do not use manually. Use Initialize and Setup! setup (Base As PanelWrapper) As String TextEffect setup - TE will take all panel Base space and be positione at 0,0 relative to Base Base - panel container for TextEffect setup2 (Base As PanelWrapper, posX As Int, posY As Int, aWidth As Int, aHeight As Int) As String TextEffect alternate setup - TE will be positioned and dimensioned as specified Base - panel container for TextEffect posX, posY - coordinates to position TE relative to its container awidth, aHeight - TE dimensions setautostart (auto As Boolean) As String set if animation should automatically start on calling an effect setcolor (BkgColor As Int) As String Set the TextEffects background color setinnertext (aText1 As String, aText2 As String) As String Set text for inner labels. First transition effect will go from aLabel1 to aLabel2 setinnertextcolors (T1color As Int, B1Color As Int, T2color As Int, B2Color As Int) As String Set Text and Background color to use for first (T1xxx) and second (T2xxx) label. Default values: Text = black and Backgroung = transparent for both labels setinnertextproperties (FirstLabel As Boolean, aTextSize As Int, aTypeface As TypefaceWrapper, aGravity As Int) As String Set the Text related properties in a single shot FirstLabel = True : applies prop to first internal label; False: applies props to second internal label setinterval (ms As Long) As String set animation interval in milliseconds setvisible (Visible As Boolean) As String Set the visibility of the TextEffects object starteffect (start As Boolean) As String manually start/stop an animation; start = True starts the selected animation textalternate (txt1 As String, txt2 As String) As String Alternate between txt1 and txt2 textflashb (Txt As String, Color1 As Int, Color2 As Int) As String Flash text alternating two backgroud colors textflasht (Txt As String, Color1 As Int, Color2 As Int) As String Flash text alternating two text colors textgrow (Txt As String, Size1 As Int, Size2 As Int) As String Alternate Txt between size1 and size2 textrotate (txt As String) As String Circular rotation of text ( e.g. abc->bca->cab->abc ) textrotate2 (txt As String, maxSize As Int) As String Circular rotation of text limited to a substring maxSize in width Set maxSize to container's width in order to see as much text as possible Properties: autostart As Void set if animation should automatically start on calling an effect color As Void Set the TextEffects background color interval As Void set animation interval in milliseconds visible As Void Set the visibility of the TextEffects object
Thanks to the excellent Martin Pearman's tool, here it is my library's current version documentation: Library name: dgTextEffects Author: UDG Version: 0.14 clTextEffects Methods: initialize (TargetModule As Object, EventName As String) As String Initializes the object. Make sure that the Customview in designer is large enough to display the labels with the format you need. Required for both Designer and Manual setup TargetModule - calling module EventName - prefix name for events associated to this class (none at the moment) IsInitialized As Boolean Tests whether the object has been initialized. designercreateview (Base As PanelWrapper, Lbl As LabelWrapper, Props As Map) As String Used by the designer when added there. Do not use manually. Use Initialize and Setup! setup (Base As PanelWrapper) As String TextEffect setup - TE will take all panel Base space and be positione at 0,0 relative to Base Base - panel container for TextEffect setup2 (Base As PanelWrapper, posX As Int, posY As Int, aWidth As Int, aHeight As Int) As String TextEffect alternate setup - TE will be positioned and dimensioned as specified Base - panel container for TextEffect posX, posY - coordinates to position TE relative to its container awidth, aHeight - TE dimensions setautostart (auto As Boolean) As String set if animation should automatically start on calling an effect setcolor (BkgColor As Int) As String Set the TextEffects background color setinnertext (aText1 As String, aText2 As String) As String Set text for inner labels. First transition effect will go from aLabel1 to aLabel2 setinnertextcolors (T1color As Int, B1Color As Int, T2color As Int, B2Color As Int) As String Set Text and Background color to use for first (T1xxx) and second (T2xxx) label. Default values: Text = black and Backgroung = transparent for both labels setinnertextproperties (FirstLabel As Boolean, aTextSize As Int, aTypeface As TypefaceWrapper, aGravity As Int) As String Set the Text related properties in a single shot FirstLabel = True : applies prop to first internal label; False: applies props to second internal label setinterval (ms As Long) As String set animation interval in milliseconds setvisible (Visible As Boolean) As String Set the visibility of the TextEffects object starteffect (start As Boolean) As String manually start/stop an animation; start = True starts the selected animation textalternate (txt1 As String, txt2 As String) As String Alternate between txt1 and txt2 textflashb (Txt As String, Color1 As Int, Color2 As Int) As String Flash text alternating two backgroud colors textflasht (Txt As String, Color1 As Int, Color2 As Int) As String Flash text alternating two text colors textgrow (Txt As String, Size1 As Int, Size2 As Int) As String Alternate Txt between size1 and size2 textrotate (txt As String) As String Circular rotation of text ( e.g. abc->bca->cab->abc ) textrotate2 (txt As String, maxSize As Int) As String Circular rotation of text limited to a substring maxSize in width Set maxSize to container's width in order to see as much text as possible Properties: autostart As Void set if animation should automatically start on calling an effect color As Void Set the TextEffects background color interval As Void set animation interval in milliseconds visible As Void Set the visibility of the TextEffects object
