KodeHighlighter

Simple, extendable code highlighting for Spannables on Android.

Features

• Compose Support (SpanStyle)
• View (Legacy) Support (CharacterStyle)
• Custom Languages
• Language specific Themes

How to use

Have a look at the demo app (app module) for a complete sample.

Compose

KodeText

val text by remember(selectedLanguage) {
    mutableStateOf("# Hello World!")
}
val ruleBook by remember { derivedStateOf { MarkdownRuleBook() } }
val colorScheme by remember { derivedStateOf { de.markusressel.kodehighlighter.language.markdown.colorscheme.DarkBackgroundColorSchemeWithSpanStyle() } }

KodeText(
    modifier = Modifier
        .padding(4.dp)
        .wrapContentSize()
        .fillMaxWidth(),
    text = text,
    languageRuleBook = ruleBook,
    colorScheme = colorScheme,
    textColor = MaterialTheme.colors.onSurface,
)

KodeTextField

val initialText = "# Hello World!"
var textFieldValue by remember(initialText) {
    mutableStateOf(
        TextFieldValue(
            annotatedString = AnnotatedString(initialText),
        )
    )
}

KodeTextField(
    modifier = Modifier
        .padding(4.dp)
        .wrapContentSize()
        .fillMaxWidth(),
    value = textFieldValue,
    languageRuleBook = ruleBook,
    colorScheme = colorScheme,
    textStyle = LocalTextStyle.current.copy(color = MaterialTheme.colors.onSurface),
    onValueChange = {
        if (it != textFieldValue) {
            textFieldValue = it
        }
    }
)

XML

Simple example

val markdownText = readResourceFileAsText(R.raw.markdown_sample)
val markdownRuleBook = MarkdownRuleBook()
val markdownHighlighter = SpannableHighlighter(markdownRuleBook, DarkBackgroundColorScheme())

CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).launch {
    val spannable = withContext(Dispatchers.Default) {
        val spannable = createSpannable(text)
        markdownHighlighter.highlight(spannable)
        spannable
    }
    target.text = spannable
}

Working with EditText

When using this library with an EditText view, previously applied styles need to be removed when the highlighting is updated due to a text change. To make it easy for you to deal with this the EditTextHighlighter class can be used:

val editTextHighlighter = EditTextHighlighter(
        target = editTextMarkdownDark,
        languageRuleBook = MarkdownRuleBook())
editTextHighlighter.start()

CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).launch {
    val markdown = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
        readResourceFileAsText(R.raw.markdown_sample)
    }
    editTextMarkdownDark.setText(markdown)
}

You can then set or edit any text you like and the highlighting will refresh automatically.

Gradle

To use this library just include it in your dependencies using

repositories {
    ...
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}

in your project build.gradle file and

dependencies {
    ...

    def codeHighlighterVersion = "v4.0.3"
    implementation("com.github.markusressel.KodeHighlighter:core:${codeHighlighterVersion}")
}

in your desired module build.gradle file.

Syntax highlighting

Language Autodetection

Currently there is no auto detection for the language used in a text.

Integrated language rule books

This library includes rule books for a small set of languages for you to use right away, without spending time to think about finding the right tokens and color schemes:

• java
• json
• kotlin
• markdown
• python

To include one of them in your project, just pick the ones you would like to use and - in addition to the core module - import them as a dependency:

dependencies {
    ...

    implementation("com.github.markusressel.KodeHighlighter:java:${codeHighlighterVersion}")
    implementation("com.github.markusressel.KodeHighlighter:json:${codeHighlighterVersion}")
    implementation("com.github.markusressel.KodeHighlighter:kotlin:${codeHighlighterVersion}")
    implementation("com.github.markusressel.KodeHighlighter:markdown:${codeHighlighterVersion}")
    implementation("com.github.markusressel.KodeHighlighter:python:${codeHighlighterVersion}")
    [etc.]

Writing a custom rule book

A LanguageRuleBook consists of a default color scheme and a set of rules that provide information on how to style different parts of the Spannable. Have a look at how the MarkdownRuleBook is implemented to get a feel for how to implement it yourself.

Styling

Different highlighting styles for a given language can be achieved by implementing the ColorScheme interface and passing it to the highlighter (f.ex. a SpannableHighlighter). For more info on how to do this have a look at the DarkBackgroundColorScheme from the Markdown rule book.

Contributing

GitHub is for social coding: if you want to write code, I encourage contributions through pull requests from forks of this repository. Create GitHub tickets for bugs and new features and comment on the ones that you are interested in.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Markus Ressel

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