Removing Strikethrough from TextView

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I'm using this line below in order to set a strikethrough on my TextView:

tv.setPaintFlags(tv.getPaintFlags() | Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);

However later on in the Fragment, if they click the TextView again, I would like the strikethrough to be removed. What line of code can I use to simply make the TextView display the text in the normal format again?

Thanks in advance!

edwoollard · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-18T14:34:13.897

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I ended up finding this online:

tv.setPaintFlags(tv.getPaintFlags() & (~ Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG));

This successfully removes the strikethrough and therefore I called this in my OnListItemClick method after carrying out a check in the database I made to see if the item had already been striked through (purchased in my case).

edited Nov 18 '15 at 14:34

answered Sep 18 '13 at 20:44

edwoollard

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Ronak Mehta · Answer 2 · 2020-03-17T10:58:59.527

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Another way is to simply set value of setPaintFlags to Zero.

tv.setPaintFlags(0)

NOTE:

This will remove strike through your text and other Typeface design, You are free to use in case it doesn't applied to your view.

edited Mar 17 '20 at 10:58

answered Sep 25 '14 at 06:33

Ronak Mehta

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this will also remove the other paint features like the Typeface design off the text and make it look like a skeleton without flesh on it! – Naaz May 05 '15 at 16:36

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '13 at 20:39

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You can set an OnClickListener on the TextView, reset the paint flags, and call its invalidate() so it redraws itself.

answered Sep 18 '13 at 20:39

Emmanuel

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I like your idea and I'm sure I could get that method to work, however I found a simpler answer online. Thanks anyway. – edwoollard Sep 18 '13 at 22:24

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 12 '19 at 06:19

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Setting up AntiAlias helped me to make text look less distored

Kotlin

tv.paintFlags = Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG

answered Mar 12 '19 at 06:19

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Removing Strikethrough from TextView

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