TextView.GetOffsetForPosition(Single, Single) Method

Definition

Get the character offset closest to the specified absolute position.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getOffsetForPosition", "(FF)I", "GetGetOffsetForPosition_FFHandler")]
public virtual int GetOffsetForPosition (float x, float y);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getOffsetForPosition", "(FF)I", "GetGetOffsetForPosition_FFHandler")>]
abstract member GetOffsetForPosition : single * single -> int
override this.GetOffsetForPosition : single * single -> int

Parameters

x
Single

The horizontal absolute position of a point on screen

y
Single

The vertical absolute position of a point on screen

Returns

the character offset for the character whose position is closest to the specified position. Returns -1 if there is no layout.

Attributes

Remarks

Get the character offset closest to the specified absolute position. A typical use case is to pass the result of MotionEvent#getX() and MotionEvent#getY() to this method.

Java documentation for android.widget.TextView.getOffsetForPosition(float, float).

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Applies to