How to adjust text kerning in Android TextView?

Question

Is there a way to adjust the spacing between characters in an Android TextView? I believe this is typically called \"kerning\".

I\'m aware of the

Answer 1

I wanted to use @PedroBarros answer, but by defining what the spacing should be in pixel.

Here's my edit to the applySpacing method :

private void applySpacing() {
    if (this == null || this.originalText == null) return;

    Paint testPaint = new Paint();
    testPaint.set(this.getPaint());
    float spaceOriginalSize = testPaint.measureText("\u00A0");
    float spaceScaleXFactor = ( spaceOriginalSize > 0 ? spacing/spaceOriginalSize : 1);

    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    for(int i = 0; i < originalText.length(); i++) {
        builder.append(originalText.charAt(i));
        if(i+1 < originalText.length()) {
            builder.append("\u00A0");
        }
    }
    SpannableString finalText = new SpannableString(builder.toString());
    if(builder.toString().length() > 1) {
        for(int i = 1; i < builder.toString().length(); i+=2) {
            finalText.setSpan(new ScaleXSpan(spaceScaleXFactor), i, i+1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        }
    }
    super.setText(finalText, BufferType.SPANNABLE);
}

I'm a beginner as an Android developer, please feel free to let me know if this is not good !