TextView.GetOffsetForPosition(Single, Single) Method
Definition
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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 -> intParameters
- 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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