MarkdownParser

MarkdownParser

This is a simple POC to parse a subset of markdown and render it in Android and iOS.

Supported Markdown Styles

This POC tries to handle the following markdown styles:

• bold: **bold**
• underline: __underline__
• italic: _italic_
• hyperlink: [link text](http://google.com)

Shared

• MarkdownParser.kt: exposes a parse() method that returns the copy and a list of entities.

Android

• AndroidMarkdownRenderer.kt: exposes a couple of extension methods to add markdown to a TextView and Button.

iOS

• TODO: we need to implement this, probably using NSAttributedString or UIFont. I need to explore this.

• We welcome contributions :)

Example

Thus, the following copy:

val markdown = "Some text is **bold**. While some text is _italic_. Other is __underlined__. Lastly we have [link](http://google.com)."

Used like so in Android:

val textView = findViewById<TextView>(R.id.text_view)
val button = findViewById<Button>(R.id.button)
textView.renderMarkdown(markdown)
button.renderMarkdown(markdown)

Is rendered like so: