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package android.view;
/**
* Represents a contextual mode of the user interface. Action modes can be used to provide
* alternative interaction modes and replace parts of the normal UI until finished.
* Examples of good action modes include text selection and contextual actions.
*
* Developer Guides
* For information about how to provide contextual actions with {@code ActionMode},
* read the Menus
* developer guide.
*
*/
public abstract class ActionMode {
private Object mTag;
private boolean mTitleOptionalHint;
/**
* Set a tag object associated with this ActionMode.
*
* Like the tag available to views, this allows applications to associate arbitrary
* data with an ActionMode for later reference.
*
* @param tag Tag to associate with this ActionMode
*
* @see #getTag()
*/
public void setTag(Object tag) {
mTag = tag;
}
/**
* Retrieve the tag object associated with this ActionMode.
*
*
Like the tag available to views, this allows applications to associate arbitrary
* data with an ActionMode for later reference.
*
* @return Tag associated with this ActionMode
*
* @see #setTag(Object)
*/
public Object getTag() {
return mTag;
}
/**
* Set the title of the action mode. This method will have no visible effect if
* a custom view has been set.
*
* @param title Title string to set
*
* @see #setTitle(int)
* @see #setCustomView(View)
*/
public abstract void setTitle(CharSequence title);
/**
* Set the title of the action mode. This method will have no visible effect if
* a custom view has been set.
*
* @param resId Resource ID of a string to set as the title
*
* @see #setTitle(CharSequence)
* @see #setCustomView(View)
*/
public abstract void setTitle(int resId);
/**
* Set the subtitle of the action mode. This method will have no visible effect if
* a custom view has been set.
*
* @param subtitle Subtitle string to set
*
* @see #setSubtitle(int)
* @see #setCustomView(View)
*/
public abstract void setSubtitle(CharSequence subtitle);
/**
* Set the subtitle of the action mode. This method will have no visible effect if
* a custom view has been set.
*
* @param resId Resource ID of a string to set as the subtitle
*
* @see #setSubtitle(CharSequence)
* @see #setCustomView(View)
*/
public abstract void setSubtitle(int resId);
/**
* Set whether or not the title/subtitle display for this action mode
* is optional.
*
*
In many cases the supplied title for an action mode is merely
* meant to add context and is not strictly required for the action
* mode to be useful. If the title is optional, the system may choose
* to hide the title entirely rather than truncate it due to a lack
* of available space.
*
* Note that this is merely a hint; the underlying implementation
* may choose to ignore this setting under some circumstances.
*
* @param titleOptional true if the title only presents optional information.
*/
public void setTitleOptionalHint(boolean titleOptional) {
mTitleOptionalHint = titleOptional;
}
/**
* @return true if this action mode has been given a hint to consider the
* title/subtitle display to be optional.
*
* @see #setTitleOptionalHint(boolean)
* @see #isTitleOptional()
*/
public boolean getTitleOptionalHint() {
return mTitleOptionalHint;
}
/**
* @return true if this action mode considers the title and subtitle fields
* as optional. Optional titles may not be displayed to the user.
*/
public boolean isTitleOptional() {
return false;
}
/**
* Set a custom view for this action mode. The custom view will take the place of
* the title and subtitle. Useful for things like search boxes.
*
* @param view Custom view to use in place of the title/subtitle.
*
* @see #setTitle(CharSequence)
* @see #setSubtitle(CharSequence)
*/
public abstract void setCustomView(View view);
/**
* Invalidate the action mode and refresh menu content. The mode's
* {@link ActionMode.Callback} will have its
* {@link Callback#onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode, Menu)} method called.
* If it returns true the menu will be scanned for updated content and any relevant changes
* will be reflected to the user.
*/
public abstract void invalidate();
/**
* Finish and close this action mode. The action mode's {@link ActionMode.Callback} will
* have its {@link Callback#onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode)} method called.
*/
public abstract void finish();
/**
* Returns the menu of actions that this action mode presents.
* @return The action mode's menu.
*/
public abstract Menu getMenu();
/**
* Returns the current title of this action mode.
* @return Title text
*/
public abstract CharSequence getTitle();
/**
* Returns the current subtitle of this action mode.
* @return Subtitle text
*/
public abstract CharSequence getSubtitle();
/**
* Returns the current custom view for this action mode.
* @return The current custom view
*/
public abstract View getCustomView();
/**
* Returns a {@link MenuInflater} with the ActionMode's context.
*/
public abstract MenuInflater getMenuInflater();
/**
* Returns whether the UI presenting this action mode can take focus or not.
* This is used by internal components within the framework that would otherwise
* present an action mode UI that requires focus, such as an EditText as a custom view.
*
* @return true if the UI used to show this action mode can take focus
* @hide Internal use only
*/
public boolean isUiFocusable() {
return true;
}
/**
* Callback interface for action modes. Supplied to
* {@link View#startActionMode(Callback)}, a Callback
* configures and handles events raised by a user's interaction with an action mode.
*
* An action mode's lifecycle is as follows:
*
* - {@link Callback#onCreateActionMode(ActionMode, Menu)} once on initial
* creation
* - {@link Callback#onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode, Menu)} after creation
* and any time the {@link ActionMode} is invalidated
* - {@link Callback#onActionItemClicked(ActionMode, MenuItem)} any time a
* contextual action button is clicked
* - {@link Callback#onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode)} when the action mode
* is closed
*
*/
public interface Callback {
/**
* Called when action mode is first created. The menu supplied will be used to
* generate action buttons for the action mode.
*
* @param mode ActionMode being created
* @param menu Menu used to populate action buttons
* @return true if the action mode should be created, false if entering this
* mode should be aborted.
*/
public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu);
/**
* Called to refresh an action mode's action menu whenever it is invalidated.
*
* @param mode ActionMode being prepared
* @param menu Menu used to populate action buttons
* @return true if the menu or action mode was updated, false otherwise.
*/
public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu);
/**
* Called to report a user click on an action button.
*
* @param mode The current ActionMode
* @param item The item that was clicked
* @return true if this callback handled the event, false if the standard MenuItem
* invocation should continue.
*/
public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item);
/**
* Called when an action mode is about to be exited and destroyed.
*
* @param mode The current ActionMode being destroyed
*/
public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode);
}
}