java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: getChars (7 … 0) has end before start

Question

My users are sending unhandled exceptions to me via http://code.google.com/p/android-remote-stacktrace/

I am getting the following but have no idea what it means.

Answer 1

It's a known bug in the Android framework. Here's a link to the issue.

Answer 2

if android couldnt set the selection you do that using cursor position... i resolved the issue by putting this exactly before the crashing line

editor.setSelection(editor.getText().length(), editor.getText().length());

Answer 3

Its Late but yesterday i figure out this problem. The Problem is in your case is your end is before start like 7....0 which is wrong if you want to highlight a text you start should be less then your end. Check out posted example its perfectly working.

The Answer is for those Who still has this issue.

 String searchText = "Your search String";
        String qr_code = "Your String";

        int length = searchText.length();
        if (length > 0) {
            //color your text here
            int index = qr_code.indexOf(searchText);
            SpannableString sb = new SpannableString(qr_code);
            ForegroundColorSpan fcs = new ForegroundColorSpan(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent));
            sb.setSpan(fcs, index, (index+length), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE)
            holder.textViewShortCode.setText(sb);
        } else {
            textViewShortCode.setText(Html.fromHtml(qr_code));
        }

Answer 4

For anyone still struggling with this issue, placing the following code in your Activity's onResume will solve it:

textEntry.setSelection(textEntry.getText().length(), textEntry.getText().length());

Answer 5

I fixed it with a custom textEntry. Changed onSelectionChanged and put there the code from loopj!

My code:

@Override
protected void onSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd) {
    if (selStart >= 0) {
        super.onSelectionChanged(selStart, selEnd);
    } else {
        setSelection(getText().length());
    }
}