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android.text.style
public abstract class

android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan

java.lang.Object
	android.text.style.CharacterStyle
		android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan	UpdateLayout

The classes that affect character-level text formatting in a way that changes the width or height of characters implement this interface.

RelativeSizeSpan, ReplacementSpan, ScaleXSpan, StyleSpan, SubscriptSpan, SuperscriptSpan, TypefaceSpan

DynamicDrawableSpan, ImageSpan

MetricAffectingSpan()

abstract void updateMeasureState(TextPaint p)

	Object	clone()
		Answers a new instance of the same class as the receiver, whose slots have been filled in with the values in the slots of the receiver.
	boolean	equals(Object o)
		Compares the argument to the receiver, and answers true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
	void	finalize()
		Called by the virtual machine when there are no longer any (non-weak) references to the receiver.
final	Class	getClass()
		Answers the unique instance of java.lang.Class which represents the class of the receiver.
	int	hashCode()
		Answers an integer hash code for the receiver.
final	void	notify()
		Causes one thread which is `wait` ing on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final	void	notifyAll()
		Causes all threads which are `wait` ing on the receiver to be made ready to run.
	String	toString()
		Answers a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
final	void	wait(long time, int frac)
		Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`) or the expiration of the timeout.
final	void	wait(long time)
		Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`) or the expiration of the timeout.
final	void	wait()
		Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`).

RelativeSizeSpan
ReplacementSpan
ScaleXSpan
StyleSpan	Describes a style in a span.
SubscriptSpan
SuperscriptSpan
TypefaceSpan	Changes the typeface family of the text to which the span is attached.


e.g. "intent" or "activity"