Android-ExpandableTextView

An expandable TextView for Android applications (4.1+).

Latest Changes

• Added support for Android O
• Added RecyclerView Demo

Demo

This repository also contains a demo project.

Add dependency

This library is released in Maven Central and jCenter:

	repositories {
	    mavenCentral()
	}

or

	repositories {
	    jcenter()
	}

library dependency

	dependencies {
	    compile 'at.blogc:expandabletextview:1.0.5'
	}

Usage

Using the ExpandableTextView is very easy, it's just a regular TextView with some extra functionality added to it. By defining the android:maxLines attribute, you can set the default number of lines for the TextView collapsed state.

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <at.blogc.android.views.ExpandableTextView
        android:id="@+id/expandableTextView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/lorem_ipsum"
        android:maxLines="5"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        app:animation_duration="750"/>

	<!-- Optional parameter animation_duration: sets the duration of the expand animation -->

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_toggle"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/expand"/>

</LinearLayout>

In your Activity or Fragment:

final ExpandableTextView expandableTextView = (ExpandableTextView) this.findViewById(R.id.expandableTextView);
final Button buttonToggle = (Button) this.findViewById(R.id.button_toggle);

// set animation duration via code, but preferable in your layout files by using the animation_duration attribute
expandableTextView.setAnimationDuration(750L);

 // set interpolators for both expanding and collapsing animations
expandableTextView.setInterpolator(new OvershootInterpolator());

// or set them separately
expandableTextView.setExpandInterpolator(new OvershootInterpolator());
expandableTextView.setCollapseInterpolator(new OvershootInterpolator());

// toggle the ExpandableTextView
    buttonToggle.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(final View v)
        {
            buttonToggle.setText(expandableTextView.isExpanded() ? R.string.expand : R.string.collapse);
            expandableTextView.toggle();
        }
    });

// but, you can also do the checks yourself
buttonToggle.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onClick(final View v)
    {
        if (expandableTextView.isExpanded())
        {
            expandableTextView.collapse();
            buttonToggle.setText(R.string.expand);
        }
        else
        {
            expandableTextView.expand();
            buttonToggle.setText(R.string.collapse);
        }
    }
});

// listen for expand / collapse events
expandableTextView.setOnExpandListener(new ExpandableTextView.OnExpandListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onExpand(final ExpandableTextView view)
    {
        Log.d(TAG, "ExpandableTextView expanded");
    }

    @Override
    public void onCollapse(final ExpandableTextView view)
    {
        Log.d(TAG, "ExpandableTextView collapsed");
    }
});

License

Copyright 2016 Cliff Ophalvens (Blogc.at)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.