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Remove underline from the text in the button (Android)

I'm trying to remove the underlining of text from my button. This is the code, where I underline it:

buttonNews.setPaintFlags(Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

I also don't understand why someone put button.getPaintFlags() inside the brackets, it works fine with the code above:

button.setPaintFlags(button.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

Would you please advice how to remove the underlining of the text inside the button programatically?

Solution

  • They put button.getPaintFlags() inside the brackets, to not lose the default/old flag(s).

    To remove the UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG flag, you can do:

    button.setPaintFlags( button.getPaintFlags() & (~ Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG));

    This will set all the old flags except Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG.