What is (s/g)etFreezesText in TextView?

Question

As of recently (probably as a new SDK feature), when I try to pull text from a Textview, I first get the method getFreezesText(), instead of

Answer 1

If you want to force your TextView (or EditText etc. for that matter) to save its state you must add freezesText attribute:

From documentation on freezesText :

If set, the text view will include its current complete text inside of its frozen icicle in addition to meta-data such as the current cursor position. By default this is disabled; it can be useful when the contents of a text view is not stored in a persistent place such as a content provider

The attribute and method have existed since API 1, so I'll say you just noticed it.