MainActivity.kt
package com.cfsuman.kotlintutorials
import android.os.Bundle
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
// get the widgets reference from XML layout
val textView = findViewById<TextView>(R.id.textView)
// make textview content scrollable
textView.movementMethod = ScrollingMovementMethod()
val string1 = "This is a sample string to test the function."
val string2 = "This is another SAMPLE string to test the " +
"string region matches method."
textView.text = string1
textView.append("\n\n")
textView.append(string2)
/*
documentation source kotlinlang.org
Returns true if the specified range in this char sequence
is equal to the specified range in another char sequence.
*/
val result = string1.regionMatches(
9, // thisOffset: Int
string2, //other: CharSequence
15, // otherOffset: Int,
13, // length: Int,
true // ignoreCase: Boolean = false
)
textView.append("\n\n\n")
textView.append("String1 and string2 region" +
" (sample string) matches? $result")
}
}
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#F8F8F8"
android:padding="24dp">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:textSize="24sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
