How to scale Text and adjust in small amount of space using Jetpack Compose.md

Problem

How to scale Text and adjust in small amount of space on screen in Android.

How you fix it

To fix this issue I created a Composable function(that is a wrapper on Jetpack Compose Text) below:

Solution

@Composable
fun AutoResizeText(
    text: String,
    fontSizeRange: FontSizeRange,
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    color: Color = Color.Unspecified,
    fontStyle: FontStyle? = null,
    fontWeight: FontWeight? = null,
    fontFamily: FontFamily? = null,
    letterSpacing: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    textDecoration: TextDecoration? = null,
    textAlign: TextAlign? = null,
    lineHeight: TextUnit = TextUnit.Unspecified,
    overflow: TextOverflow = TextOverflow.Clip,
    softWrap: Boolean = true,
    maxLines: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE,
    style: TextStyle = LocalTextStyle.current,
) {
    var fontSizeValue by remember { mutableStateOf(fontSizeRange.max.value) }
    var readyToDraw by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }

    Text(
        text = text,
        color = color,
        maxLines = maxLines,
        fontStyle = fontStyle,
        fontWeight = fontWeight,
        fontFamily = fontFamily,
        letterSpacing = letterSpacing,
        textDecoration = textDecoration,
        textAlign = textAlign,
        lineHeight = lineHeight,
        overflow = overflow,
        softWrap = softWrap,
        style = style,
        fontSize = fontSizeValue.sp,
        onTextLayout = {
            if (it.didOverflowHeight && !readyToDraw) {
                Log.d("Did Overflow height, calculate next font size value")
                val nextFontSizeValue = fontSizeValue - fontSizeRange.step.value
                if (nextFontSizeValue <= fontSizeRange.min.value) {
                    // Reached minimum, set minimum font size and it's readToDraw
                    fontSizeValue = fontSizeRange.min.value
                    readyToDraw = true
                } else {
                    // Text doesn't fit yet and haven't reached minimum text range, keep decreasing
                    fontSizeValue = nextFontSizeValue
                }
            } else {
                // Text fits before reaching the minimum, it's readyToDraw
                readyToDraw = true
            }
        },
        modifier = modifier.drawWithContent { if (readyToDraw) drawContent() }
    )
}

data class FontSizeRange(
    val min: TextUnit,
    val max: TextUnit,
    val step: TextUnit = DEFAULT_TEXT_STEP,
) {
    init {
        require(min < max) { "min should be less than max, $this" }
        require(step.value > 0) { "step should be greater than 0, $this" }
    }

    companion object {
        private val DEFAULT_TEXT_STEP = 1.sp
    }
}

Usage

You can simply use this function like below:

    AutoResizeText(
        text = dol,
        maxLines = 1,
        modifier = Modifier.weight(0.5f), // you can use weight here if you placing this Text in Row with other long texts or you can give it max width, depends on the requirements of your screen design
        fontSizeRange = FontSizeRange(
            min = 14.sp,
            max = 20.sp,
        ),
        overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,
        fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
        style = MaterialTheme.typography.button,
        color = primaryColorBlack
    )