Base span class for the emoji replacement. When an emoji is found and needs to be replaced in a
CharSequence, an instance of this class is added to the CharSequence.
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[null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC."],[],[],null,["# EmojiSpan\n\nadded in [version 26.1.0](/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions) \nbelongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:support-emoji:28.0.0-alpha1 \nSummary: [Methods](#pubmethods) \\| [Inherited Methods](#inhmethods) \\| [\\[Expand All\\]](#) \n\nEmojiSpan\n=========\n\n| This package is part of the Android [support library](/topic/libraries/support-library) which is no longer maintained. The support library has been superseded by [AndroidX](/jetpack/androidx) which is part of [Jetpack](/jetpack). We recommend using the AndroidX libraries in all new projects. You should also consider [migrating](/jetpack/androidx/migrate) existing projects to AndroidX. To find the AndroidX class that maps to this deprecated class, see the AndroidX support library [class\n| mappings](/jetpack/androidx/migrate/class-mappings).\n\n\n`\npublic\n\n\nabstract\nclass\nEmojiSpan\n`\n\n\n`\n\n\n`\n\n`\n\n\n`\n\n`\n\n\n`\n\n`\n\nextends `[ReplacementSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/ReplacementSpan.html)`\n\n\n`\n\n`\n\n\n`\n\n|---|---|---|---|--------------------------------------|\n| java.lang.Object |||||\n| ↳ | [android.text.style.CharacterStyle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/CharacterStyle.html) ||||\n| | ↳ | [android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/MetricAffectingSpan.html) |||\n| | | ↳ | [android.text.style.ReplacementSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/ReplacementSpan.html) ||\n| | | | ↳ | android.support.text.emoji.EmojiSpan |\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nBase span class for the emoji replacement. When an emoji is found and needs to be replaced in a\nCharSequence, an instance of this class is added to the CharSequence.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| ### Public methods ||\n|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ` int` | ` `[getSize](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiSpan#getSize(android.graphics.Paint, java.lang.CharSequence, int, int, android.graphics.Paint.FontMetricsInt))`(`[Paint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint.html)` paint, CharSequence text, int start, int end, `[Paint.FontMetricsInt](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint.FontMetricsInt.html)` fm) ` |\n\n| ### Inherited methods |\n|-----------------------|---|\n| From class ` `[android.text.style.ReplacementSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/ReplacementSpan.html)` ` |------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` abstract void` | ` draw(`[Canvas](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Canvas.html)` arg0, CharSequence arg1, int arg2, int arg3, float arg4, int arg5, int arg6, int arg7, `[Paint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint.html)` arg8) ` | | ` abstract int` | ` getSize(`[Paint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint.html)` arg0, CharSequence arg1, int arg2, int arg3, `[Paint.FontMetricsInt](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint.FontMetricsInt.html)` arg4) ` | | ` void` | ` updateDrawState(`[TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html)` arg0) ` | | ` void` | ` updateMeasureState(`[TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html)` arg0) ` | ||\n| From class ` `[android.text.style.MetricAffectingSpan](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/MetricAffectingSpan.html)` ` |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[CharacterStyle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/CharacterStyle.html) | ` getUnderlying() ` | | ` abstract void` | ` updateMeasureState(`[TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html)` arg0) ` | ||\n| From class ` `[android.text.style.CharacterStyle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/CharacterStyle.html)` ` |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[CharacterStyle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/CharacterStyle.html) | ` getUnderlying() ` | | ` abstract void` | ` updateDrawState(`[TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html)` arg0) ` | | ` static `[CharacterStyle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/CharacterStyle.html) | ` wrap(`[CharacterStyle](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/CharacterStyle.html)` arg0) ` | ||\n| From class ` java.lang.Object ` |-------------------|-------------------------------| | ` Object` | ` clone() ` | | ` boolean` | ` equals(Object arg0) ` | | ` void` | ` finalize() ` | | ` final Class\u003c?\u003e` | ` getClass() ` | | ` int` | ` hashCode() ` | | ` final void` | ` notify() ` | | ` final void` | ` notifyAll() ` | | ` String` | ` toString() ` | | ` final void` | ` wait(long arg0, int arg1) ` | | ` final void` | ` wait(long arg0) ` | | ` final void` | ` wait() ` | ||\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### getSize\n\nadded in [version 26.1.0](/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions) \n\n```\nint getSize (Paint paint, \n CharSequence text, \n int start, \n int end, \n Paint.FontMetricsInt fm)\n```\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Parameters ||\n|---------|-------------------------------|\n| `paint` | `Paint` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| `text` | `CharSequence` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| `start` | `int` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| `end` | `int` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| `fm` | `Paint.FontMetricsInt` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n\n| Returns ||\n|-------|--------|\n| `int` | \u003cbr /\u003e |\n\n-\n\n Interfaces\n ----------\n\n - [EmojiCompat.MetadataRepoLoader](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiCompat.MetadataRepoLoader)\n-\n\n Classes\n -------\n\n - [EmojiCompat](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiCompat)\n - [EmojiCompat.Config](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiCompat.Config)\n - [EmojiCompat.InitCallback](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiCompat.InitCallback)\n - [EmojiCompat.MetadataRepoLoaderCallback](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiCompat.MetadataRepoLoaderCallback)\n - [EmojiSpan](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/EmojiSpan)\n - [FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig)\n - [FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig.ExponentialBackoffRetryPolicy](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig.ExponentialBackoffRetryPolicy)\n - [FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig.RetryPolicy](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/FontRequestEmojiCompatConfig.RetryPolicy)\n - [MetadataRepo](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/MetadataRepo)\n - [R](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R)\n - [R.attr](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.attr)\n - [R.bool](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.bool)\n - [R.color](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.color)\n - [R.dimen](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.dimen)\n - [R.drawable](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.drawable)\n - [R.id](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.id)\n - [R.integer](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.integer)\n - [R.layout](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.layout)\n - [R.string](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.string)\n - [R.style](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.style)\n - [R.styleable](/reference/android/support/text/emoji/R.styleable)"]]
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