Sunday, January 21, 2018

android kotlin - Iterate over a string example

MainActivity.kt 

package com.cfsuman.kotlinexamples

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.Button
import android.widget.TextView


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.text_view)
        val button = findViewById<Button>(R.id.button);
        val button2 = findViewById<Button>(R.id.button2);

        // The simple string variable
        var name = "Innee"


        // Iterate over a string characters
        button.setOnClickListener{
            textView.text = "Iterate over a string [$name] \n\n"

            // Iterate over a string without index property
            for (letter in name){
                textView.text = textView.text.toString() + letter + "\n"
            }
        }


        // Iterate over a string using index property
        button2.setOnClickListener{
            textView.text = "Iterate over a string [$name] with index property \n\n"

            // Iterate over a string using index property
            for (index in name.indices){
                textView.text = textView.text.toString() + name[index] + "\n"
            }
        }
    }
}
activity_main.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/root_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:padding="16dp"
    >
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Iterate over string"
        />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Iterate string using index"
        />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text=""
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#ff191d"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        />
</LinearLayout>
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