Added in API level 31

ViewTranslationCallback

interface ViewTranslationCallback
android.view.translation.ViewTranslationCallback

Callback for handling the translated information show or hide in the View.

When the platform intelligence starts translation of an app's ui, the system will call View#dispatchCreateViewTranslationRequest to collect the ViewTranslationRequests for translation purpose by traversing the hierarchy then send to translation service. After receiving the ViewTranslationResponse, the system will call ViewTranslationCallback#onShowTranslation(View) to show the translated information for the View.

Summary

Public methods
abstract Boolean

Called when the translation state is no longer needed.

abstract Boolean

Called when user wants to view the original content instead of the translated content.

abstract Boolean

Called when the translated text is ready to show or if the user has requested to reshow the translated content after hiding it.

Public methods

onClearTranslation

Added in API level 31
abstract fun onClearTranslation(view: View): Boolean

Called when the translation state is no longer needed. It should restore the original content and clear all saved states.

Parameters
view View: This value cannot be null.
Return
Boolean true if the View handles clearing the translation.

onHideTranslation

Added in API level 31
abstract fun onHideTranslation(view: View): Boolean

Called when user wants to view the original content instead of the translated content. This method will not be called before View#onViewTranslationResponse or View#onVirtualViewTranslationResponses.

Parameters
view View: This value cannot be null.
Return
Boolean true if the View handles hiding the translation.

onShowTranslation

Added in API level 31
abstract fun onShowTranslation(view: View): Boolean

Called when the translated text is ready to show or if the user has requested to reshow the translated content after hiding it.

The translated content can be obtained from View#getViewTranslationResponse. This method will not be called before View#onViewTranslationResponse or View#onVirtualViewTranslationResponses.

NOTE: It is possible the user changes text that causes a new ViewTranslationResponse returns to show the new translation. If you cache the ViewTranslationResponse here, you should remember to keep the cached value up to date.

NOTE: For TextView implementation, ContentCaptureSession#notifyViewTextChanged shouldn't be called with the translated text, simply calling setText() here will trigger the method. You should either override View#onProvideContentCaptureStructure() to report the original text instead of the translated text or use a different approach to display the translated text.

NOTE: In Android version android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#TIRAMISU and later, the implementation must be able to handle a selectable android.widget.TextView (i.e., android.widget.TextView#isTextSelectable() returns true. The default callback implementation for TextView uses a android.text.method.TransformationMethod to show the translated text, which will cause a crash when the translated text is selected. Therefore, the default callback temporarily makes the TextView non-selectable while the translation text is shown. This is one approach for handling selectable TextViews a TransformationMethod is used. See View#onViewTranslationResponse for how to get the translated information.

Parameters
view View: This value cannot be null.
Return
Boolean true if the View handles showing the translation.