How do I create a RichTextEdit using RIM 4.5 API that contains text with multiple colors?
For example I want to create a RichTextEdit as follows:
- The Text is "Hello BB world"
- "Hello" should be blue
- "BB world" should be red
- "BB" should be
ITALIC - "Hello" should be
BOLD
The main problem is getting colors, not the bold and italic.
I have tried overriding RichTextEdit.paint function, but this formats the color of the whole string, not just a substring of it!
Here's the code I implemented to make the text bold and italic and overriding the paint to change the whole string color:
public final class RichTextFieldSample extends UiApplication
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
RichTextFieldSample theApp = new RichTextFieldSample();
theApp.enterEventDispatcher();
}
public RichTextFieldSample()
{
String richText = "This is how you create text with formatting!!!";
Font fonts[] = new Font[3];
int[] offset = new int[4];
byte[] attribute = new byte[3];
fonts[0] = Font.getDefault();
fonts[1] = Font.getDefault().derive(Font.BOLD);
fonts[2] = Font.getDefault().derive(Font.BOLD | Font.ITALIC);
offset[0] = 0;
attribute[0] = 2;
offset[1] = 4;
attribute[1] = 0;
offset[2] = 33;
attribute[2] = 1;
offset[3] = richText.length();
RichTextField rtField = new RichTextField
(richText, offset, attribute, fonts,
RichTextField.USE_TEXT_WIDTH) {
protected void paint(Graphics graphics) {
graphics.clear();
graphics.setColor(0x0000FF);
super.paint(graphics);
}
};
MainScreen mainScreen = new MainScreen();
mainScreen.setTitle(new LabelField
("RichTextFieldSample Sample",
LabelField.ELLIPSIS | LabelField.USE_ALL_WIDTH));
mainScreen.add(rtField);
pushScreen(mainScreen);
}
}