Android How to get selected word in Edittext?

Question

I am developing an app like Notepad in which I want to change the selected text formatting dynamically (colors, changing font styles, bold, italic, underline etc.) How can I

Answer 1

EditText et1=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.edit);

int startSelection=et.getSelectionStart();
int endSelection=et.getSelectionEnd();

String selectedText = et1.getText().substring(startSelection, endSelection);

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