diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/home/FadedTextView.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/home/FadedTextView.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.home;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.LinearGradient;
+import android.graphics.Shader;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+
+/**
+ * FadedTextView fades the ends of the text by fadeWidth amount,
+ * if the text is too long and requires an ellipsis.
+ */
+public class FadedTextView extends TextView {
+
+    // Width of the fade effect from end of the view.
+    private int mFadeWidth;
+
+    // Padding for compound drawables.
+    private int mCompoundPadding;
+
+    public FadedTextView(Context context) {
+        this(context, null);
+    }
+
+    public FadedTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        this(context, attrs, android.R.attr.textViewStyle);
+    }
+
+    public FadedTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
+        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
+
+        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.FadedTextView);
+        mFadeWidth = a.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.FadedTextView_fadeWidth, 0);
+        a.recycle();
+
+        mCompoundPadding = getCompoundDrawablePadding();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
+        int width = getMeasuredWidth();
+
+        // Layout doesn't return a proper width for getWidth().
+        // Instead check the width of the first line, as we've restricted to just one line.
+        if (getLayout().getLineWidth(0) > width) {
+            final Drawable leftDrawable = getCompoundDrawables()[0];
+            int drawableWidth = 0;
+            if (leftDrawable != null) {
+                drawableWidth = leftDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth() + mCompoundPadding;
+                width -= drawableWidth;
+            }
+
+            int color = getCurrentTextColor();
+            float stop = ((float) (width - mFadeWidth) / (float) width);
+            LinearGradient gradient = new LinearGradient(0, 0, width, 0,
+                                                         new int[] { color, color, 0x0 },
+                                                         new float[] { 0, stop, 1.0f - (drawableWidth / width) },
+                                                         Shader.TileMode.CLAMP);
+            getPaint().setShader(gradient);
+        } else {
+            getPaint().setShader(null);
+        }
+
+        // Do a default draw.
+        super.onDraw(canvas);
+    }
+}