Android EditText : How to apply Foreground color span as you type? -

i'm trying apply font color text in edittext type text. however, inconsistent, meaning if type space, text preceding space go default black color. or if put cursor in middle of word , start typing entire word changes color , not text i'm typing. bold, italic , underline seem work though. how can guarantee text i'm typing affected regards font color?

see "size , color" comment below...

     contentedit.addtextchangedlistener(new textwatcher() {              public void aftertextchanged(editable s) {                   //add style user types if toggle button enabled                 togglebutton boldbutton = (togglebutton) findviewbyid(r.id.bold);                 togglebutton embutton = (togglebutton) findviewbyid(r.id.italic);                 togglebutton underlinebutton = (togglebutton) findviewbyid(r.id.underline);                  int position = selection.getselectionstart(contentedit.gettext());                  try{                     if (position < 0){                         position = 0;                     }                      if (position > 0){                          if (stylestart > position || position > (cursorloc + 1)){                             //user changed cursor location, reset                             if (position - cursorloc > 1){                                 //user pasted text                                 stylestart = cursorloc;                             }                             else{                                 stylestart = position - 1;                             }                         }                          if (boldbutton.ischecked()){                               stylespan[] ss = s.getspans(stylestart, position, stylespan.class);                              (int = 0; < ss.length; i++) {                                 if (ss[i].getstyle() == android.graphics.typeface.bold){                                     s.removespan(ss[i]);                                 }                             }                             s.setspan(new stylespan(android.graphics.typeface.bold), stylestart, position, spannable.span_exclusive_exclusive);                         }                         if (embutton.ischecked()){                             stylespan[] ss = s.getspans(stylestart, position, stylespan.class);                              (int = 0; < ss.length; i++) {                                 if (ss[i].getstyle() == android.graphics.typeface.italic){                                     s.removespan(ss[i]);                                 }                             }                             s.setspan(new stylespan(android.graphics.typeface.italic), stylestart, position, spannable.span_exclusive_exclusive);                         }                         if (underlinebutton.ischecked()){                             underlinespan[] ss = s.getspans(stylestart, position, underlinespan.class);                              (int = 0; < ss.length; i++) {                                 s.removespan(ss[i]);                             }                             s.setspan(new underlinespan(), stylestart, position, spannable.span_exclusive_exclusive);                         }                          //size , color//////////////////////////////////////////////////////                        s.setspan(new foregroundcolorspan(m_color), position, position, spannable.span_inclusive_inclusive);                        s.setspan(new absolutesizespan(m_cursize, true), position, position, spannable.span_inclusive_inclusive); }                 }                 catch(exception e){                     //toast.maketext(m_ctx, m_ctx.gets, toast.length_long).show();                     showmessage(r.string.note_warning_style,m_utils.msgtype_warning);                 }                  cursorloc = selection.getselectionstart(contentedit.gettext());             } 

you can use pattern finding words , apply span words.

@override public void aftertextchanged(editable s) {     spannable textspan = s;     final pattern pattern = pattern.compile("\\w+");     final matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(textspan);     while (matcher.find()) {         start = matcher.start();         end = matcher.end();         textspan.setspan(new foregroundcolorspan(getresources().getcolor(r.color.red)), start, end, spannable.span_exclusive_exclusive);      } 

that's it. highlight matching words typing. hope help.