Custom View Articles
Building a Custom RecyclerView LayoutManager: Layout, Caching, Scroll, and Animation
An end-to-end guide to writing a custom RecyclerView LayoutManager: the Fill algorithm, three-tier cache, scroll state machine, dead-reckoning, and animation tradeoffs.
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Android TextView Internals: Complex Text Layout Scenarios, Part 4
Part 4 of the Android TextView measurement and layout series covers RTL/BiDi text, emoji, rich text spans, performance, and debugging.
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Android TextView Internals: Text Measurement and Layout
A deep dive into how Android TextView measures and lays out text, from Layout selection and line breaking to font metrics, RTL text, emoji, spans, and performance.
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