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Android

erikanoemiorozco
erikanoemiorozco
1,318 Points
Posted by erikanoemiorozco
erikanoemiorozco
1,318 Points

Give letter spacing to a textView Android

I need to add a letter spacing to my textView, I was trying to use

android:letterSpacing="3" but it doesn't work and I saw is no available on some Android versions, so, what can I use instead?

1 Answer

Kevin Love
Kevin Love
3,732 Points
Kevin Love
Kevin Love
3,732 Points

You should be able to use the setLetterSpacing API method.

check out the link below.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setLetterSpacing(float)