Android Question xClv with BBCodeView Text Having Characters Used as Tags in BCTextEngine

[Mahares]

I extract data from a SQLite table and populate a BBCodeView in an xClv. But when the text data contains [ or ], it crashes because it mistakes them for malformed BCTextEngine tags. Example of a text string: BBC Sessions [Disc 1] [Live]. I used the replace function to replace [ with ( and ] with ) as in : s=s.Replace("[", "(").Replace("]", ")").
It works of course, but I was wondering if there is a way to do it perhaps with smart string literals or other means without changing the data

 

[Erel]

but I was wondering if there is a way to do it perhaps with smart string literals or other means without changing the data

Yes. Wrap the "raw" text with plain tags:

$"[plain]${RawText}[/plain]"$

 

[Erel]

Tip: BBCodeView shouldn't be embedded in xCLV.
You can use BBListItem instead: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-bblistitem-bctextengine-inside-clv.131123/#content

 

[Mahares]

Tip: BBCodeView shouldn't be embedded in xCLV.

The project involves using an xClv with expandableCLV feature. The data is populated from a SQLite table. One of the columns is displayed as BBCodeView on the expanded part. When I click on an artist, a list of his/her albums display. The item layout consists of a panel holding a label and a BBCodeView ( see snapshot) . I have used a label instead of a BBCodeView in another project but in this one, I wanted to see how BBCodeView behaves as part of the item layout. I tried BBListItem instead of BBCodeView but could not get it to show more than one album for a given artist.

 

[Erel]

The example does show this case. It is a bit tricky as it optimizes the drawing, however this optimization is important if you have a large list.

 

[Mahares]

Tip: BBCodeView shouldn't be embedded in xCLV.

Are you saying you should not put a BBCodeView as a customview in an item layout when dealing with an xClv. If so, where do you put it and how do you populate it with a SQLite table data in this case

 

[Erel]

BBCodeView is made of a ScrollView as its parent view. Putting a ScrollView inside another one (xCLV) doesn't work very good.

BBListItem is similar to BBCodeView but without the ScrollView (and with other optimizations related to this case).