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Added in API level 1

Summary: Ctors | Methods | Inherited Methods

Editable.Factory

Kotlin |Java

public static class Editable.Factory
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.text.Editable.Factory

Factory used by TextView to create new Editables. You can subclass it to provide something other than SpannableStringBuilder.

See also:

android.widget.TextView.setEditableFactory(Factory)

Summary

Public constructors
`Factory()`

Public methods
`static Editable.Factory`	`getInstance()` Returns the standard Editable Factory.
`Editable`	`newEditable(CharSequence source)` Returns a new SpannableStringBuilder from the specified CharSequence.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

Factory

public Factory ()

Public methods

getInstance

Added in API level 1

public static Editable.Factory getInstance ()

Returns the standard Editable Factory.

Returns
`Editable.Factory`

newEditable

Added in API level 1

public Editable newEditable (CharSequence source)

Returns a new SpannableStringBuilder from the specified CharSequence. You can override this to provide a different kind of Spanned.

Parameters
`source`	`CharSequence`

Returns
`Editable`

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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