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What does android:ems do?
What does ems in xml do? I saw that I was using following line in EditText. But, I never thought what it does. I was trying to check what actually it does by removing the line. I couldn't see any difference in my layout.
android:ems="10"
Then I visited attributes.xml (AKA attrs.xml). I saw following lines.
<!-- Hint text to display when the text is empty. -->
<attr name="hint" format="string" />
It wasn't understandable for me. Cause whenever I remove the line then I see no difference. I still can see hints of EditText.
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| Anonymous | (no comment) | Oct 8, 2021 at 04:32 |
The em is simply the font size. In an element with a 2in font, 1em thus means 2in. Expressing sizes, such as margins and paddings, in em means they are related to the font size, and if the user has a big font (e.g., on a big screen) or a small font (e.g., on a handheld device), the sizes will be in proportion. Declarations such as 'text-indent: 1.5em' and 'margin: 1em' are extremely common in CSS. ~ https://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/units
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It actually changes font size depending on screen changes if there was no ems in my code then texts won't look good for bigger screens. But without ems I am using default textSize which is 16sp. I am not changing my screen that's why my text size wasn't changing either. That was the main reason of not to see any changes in layout.
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