How to make the first letter of a text in a textView
large and capital using android studio like the one in the attached image.
This 100% works. Here are the steps:
Use this library
compile 'com.novoda:drop-cap:1.1.0'
Define it in your layout
<com.novoda.dropcap.DropCapView
android:id="@+id/view_drop_cap"
style="@style/DropCap"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/button1_detail" />
Define it into your styles.xml
<style name="DropCap">
<item name="android:paddingLeft">@dimen/drop_cap_padding_left</item>
<item name="android:paddingTop">@dimen/drop_cap_padding_top</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">@dimen/drop_cap_padding_right</item>
<item name="android:paddingBottom">@dimen/drop_cap_padding_bottom</item>
<item name="dropCapTextSize">@dimen/drop_cap_text</item>
<item name="numberOfDropCaps">1</item>
<item name="dropCapFontPath">fonts/SANS-SERIF_Cabin-Regular.otf</item>
<item name="copyTextSize">@dimen/copy_text</item>
<item name="copyFontPath">fonts/neuropolitical_rg.ttf</item>
<item name="lineSpacingExtra">@dimen/drop_cap_linespacing_extra</item>
</style>
Define it in your dimens.xml
<dimen name="drop_cap_padding_left">10dp</dimen>
<dimen name="drop_cap_padding_top">10dp</dimen>
<dimen name="drop_cap_padding_right">10dp</dimen>
<dimen name="drop_cap_padding_bottom">10dp</dimen>
<dimen name="drop_cap_text">64sp</dimen>
<dimen name="copy_text">21sp</dimen>
<dimen name="scroll_view_height">200dp</dimen>
<dimen name="divider_height">1dp</dimen>
<dimen name="drop_cap_linespacing_extra">0sp</dimen>
In your Java code, just findItById()
and set Text
.
Reference -> https://github.com/novoda/drop-cap