How to change Time text to custome one? about android-ago

[curioustechizen]

@YuvPrime With the current implementation this might be impossible. The library uses [getRelativeTimeSpanString](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/format/DateUtils.html#getRelativeTimeSpanString%28long, long, long, int%29) from DateUtils class in the Android SDK. It already passes the flag FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE so relative times are already abbreviated. For example, instead of 5 minutes ago it displays 5 mins ago. Beyond this, the entire String is returned by the DateUtils class and android-ago simply sets this text on the TextView. Here is the code from RelativeTimeTextView.java:

private CharSequence getRelativeTimeDisplayString() {
    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long difference = now - mReferenceTime; 
    return (difference >= 0 &&  difference<=DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS) ? 
            getResources().getString(R.string.just_now): 
            DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(
                mReferenceTime,
                now,
                DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS,
                DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE);
}

My suggestion to you is to look at the DateUtils class - it has a very large number of options and flags - one of those might allow you to further customize the time text. You can then fork android-ago and call the appropriate method of DateUtils here.

However do note that DateUtils is locale-sensitive. The time string it returns changes based on locale settings. If you customize it you might lose the customizations in other languages.

I will keep this issue open and explore if it makes sense to expose the various flags of DateUtils class as custom attributes on RTTV. Any suggestions on this are welcome!

[curioustechizen]

@YuvPrime v1.4.0 lets you customize the text before it is displayed.