An android library with a custom TextView for displaying Egyptian hieroglyphs by using the GlyphX code.
You can test the THOTH Library using the THOTH Example App.

This library uses the GlyphX code for encoding Hieroglyphs.

A library for converting GlyphX to MdC and back is stored here: GlyphConverter

Add this to your settings.gradle.kts at the end of repositories:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
  repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
  repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
  }
}

Then add this dependency to your build.gradle.kts file:

dependencies {
  implementation("com.github.cristmasbox:THOTH:1.0.0")
}

Download the THOTH_debug_versionname.aar file from this repository, create a libs folder in your project directory and paste the file there. Then add this dependency to your build.gradle.kts file:

dependencies {
  implementation(files("../libs/THOTH_debug_versionname.aar"))
}

Put this code into your layout.xml:

<com.blueapps.thoth.ThothView
    android:id="@+id/thothView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textSize="40sp"
    app:backgroundColor="#fff"
    app:primarySignColor="#000"
    app:altTextColor="#000"
    app:altTextSize="20sp"
    app:altText="Km.t m in.t hapi"
    app:showAltText="true"
    app:verticalOrientation="middle"
    app:writingLayout="lines" />

Here I will explain all the possible xml Attributes:

• android:textSize: Height of one line of big hieroglyphs. Default: 200px
• app:verticalOrientation: This parameter can only have three values and defines the vertical position of smaller signs (like n): Default: middle
  • top: Put signs to the top of the line In the code this equals 0
  • middle: Center signs vertically In the code this equals 1
  • bottom: Drop signs on Baseline In the code this equals 2
• app:writingLayout: This parameter only have two possible values and determines if signs should be written in lines or in columns: Default: lines
  • lines: Write signs in lines In the code this equals 0
  • columns: Write signs in columns In the code this equals 1
• app:altText: Alternative text which is displayed when hieroglyphs are loaded into memory.
• app:showAltText: Determines whether the alternative text should be displayed or not. Default: true
• app:altTextSize: Sets the text size of the alternative Text. Default: 1/2 of the android:textSize
• app:altTextColor: Defines the color of the alternative Text. Default: #000000
• app:primarySignColor: Defines the color of the hieroglyphs. Default: #000000
• app:backgroundColor: Defines the background color of the view. Default: transparent

To change the Attributes during runtime, you can call the getter and setter for the values. For example:

binding.thothView.setTextSize(200);     // Set the value for the textSize in pixels

You can also use some other functions which are explained here:

• getText(): Returns the hieroglyphic text as GlyphX-String.
• isAltTextTested(): Returns whether the view is in AltTextTesting-Mode or not.
• setText(String text): Change the hieroglyphic text during runtime by transferring the text as GlyphX-String.
• testAltText(boolean b): Enable or disable AltTextTesting-Mode. If AltTextTesting-Mode is enabled, the hieroglyph will not be rendered and the view will act like if the hieroglyphs are currently loaded into memory. This is useful for testing how the alternative text looks like.

This is the first release of the THOTH library.

Databases are updated. Now it supports numbers as ids. This means you cant type in

<sign id="500"/>

instead of typing

<v><h><sign id="V1"/><sign id="V1"/><sign id="V1"/></h><h><sign id="V1"/><sign id="V1"/></h></v>

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