PackageManager.GetTextFormatted(String, Int32, ApplicationInfo) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Android.Content.PM

Assembly:

Mono.Android.dll

Retrieve text from a package.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getText", "(Ljava/lang/String;ILandroid/content/pm/ApplicationInfo;)Ljava/lang/CharSequence;", "GetGetText_Ljava_lang_String_ILandroid_content_pm_ApplicationInfo_Handler")]
public abstract Java.Lang.ICharSequence? GetTextFormatted (string packageName, int resid, Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo? appInfo);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("getText", "(Ljava/lang/String;ILandroid/content/pm/ApplicationInfo;)Ljava/lang/CharSequence;", "GetGetText_Ljava_lang_String_ILandroid_content_pm_ApplicationInfo_Handler")>]
abstract member GetTextFormatted : string * int * Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo -> Java.Lang.ICharSequence

Parameters

packageName

String

The name of the package that this text is coming from. Cannot be null.

resid

Int32

The resource identifier of the desired text. Cannot be 0.

appInfo

ApplicationInfo

Overall information about <var>packageName</var>. This may be null, in which case the application information will be retrieved for you if needed; if you already have this information around, it can be much more efficient to supply it here.

Returns

ICharSequence

Returns a CharSequence holding the requested text. Returns null if the text could not be found for any reason.

Attributes

RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Retrieve text from a package. This is a low-level API used by the various package manager info structures (such as ComponentInfo to implement retrieval of their associated labels and other text.

Java documentation for android.content.pm.PackageManager.getText(java.lang.String, int, android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo).

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