TextieMDLibrary

TextieMDLibrary provides tools for applying Markdown-like formatting to text in Jetpack Compose applications, including styles like bold, italics, strikethrough, monospace, headings, and hashtags.

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Key Components

TextEditorVisualTransformer

A VisualTransformation that styles text with:

• Bold: **bold**
• Italics: ~~italic~~
• Strikethrough: --strikethrough--
• Monospace: `monospace`
• Headings: # Heading
• Hashtags: #hashtag

Installation

1. Add jitpack.io to settings.gradle.kts

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven("jitpack.io")
    }
}

2. Add the dependancy to app level build.gradle.kts

    implementation("com.github.donald-okara:TextieMDLibrary:1.0.4")

Check https://jitpack.io/#donald-okara/TextieMDLibrary for last stable version

Usage:

val transformedText = TextEditorVisualTransformer().filter(AnnotatedString("Sample text"))

AnnotationsManager

Utility class for applying/checking text styles.

Key Methods:

• applyBold(text, start, end): String
• isBold(text, start, end): Boolean
• applyItalics(text, start, end): String
• isItalics(text, start, end): Boolean
• applyStrikethrough(text, start, end): String
• isStrikethrough(text, start, end): Boolean
• applyMonospace(text, start, end): String
• isMonospace(text, start, end): Boolean

Example Usage

val annotationsManager = AnnotationsManager()
val newText = annotationsManager.applyBold("This is **bold** text.", 8, 14)
val isBold = annotationsManager.isBold(newText, 8, 14)

For more details, refer to the complete documentation or the source code.