Put text in random places within an edittext?

[unba1300]

I wonder how I'd do this: Use a loop to show random words in a large edit text in random positions. I already know how to use lists and get random words from them, but how to create a kind of animation displaying the words in different places within the edit text? Thanks.

 

[klaus]

Do you really need an EditText view.
I would suggets you to Draw the text either directly on the activity or on a transparent panel.

Best regards.

 

[unba1300]

No, I guess not. I could use some other container for the text and make the edittext visible after the animation. But still, I don't know how to position the cursor in random positions before writing some text.

 

[nfordbscndrd]

No, I guess not. I could use some other container for the text and make the edittext visible after the animation. But still, I don't know how to position the cursor in random positions before writing some text.

I'm not necessarily recommending the following, but if you can't find any other way, you could consider this as a last resort:

Use a separate label for each character of the text, then it is easy to position the cursor where you want it. As an example, see my sample custom keyboard code.