When making use of the EditText view, I saw that it returns an Editable data type and not a String. And it has different methods like getEditableText() .
What is the main difference between String and this other data type Editable ? I could not EditText return a simple String ?
Full Explained are highly appreciated
There are two main differences
Mutability
Whenever you apply any operation to a String a new one is created, the same does not happen in the Editable where the operation is applied in the current instance.
Possibility to add markup objects (markup objects / style).
Editable markup objects can be added to an Editable to change the appearance / style of the text, such as underlined (UnderlineSpan ), scratched ( StrikethroughSpan ) and bold ( StyleSpan ), enter other .
