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class VerticalTextLayout.Builder
Builder class for creating instances of VerticalTextLayout.
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Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC."],[],[],null,["VerticalTextLayout.Builder \nArtifact: [androidx.text:text-vertical](/jetpack/androidx/releases/text) \n[View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.kt+class:androidx.text.vertical.VerticalTextLayout.Builder) \nAdded in [1.0.0-alpha01](/jetpack/androidx/releases/text#1.0.0-alpha01)\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nKotlin \\|[Java](/reference/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder \"View this page in Java\")\n\n\n```\nclass VerticalTextLayout.Builder\n```\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nBuilder class for creating instances of [VerticalTextLayout](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout).\n\nSummary \n\n| Public constructors |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [Builder](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder#Builder(kotlin.CharSequence,kotlin.Int,kotlin.Int,android.text.TextPaint,kotlin.Float))`(` ` text: `[CharSequence](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/index.html)`,` ` start: `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`,` ` end: `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`,` ` paint: `[TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html)`,` ` height: @`[Px](/reference/kotlin/androidx/annotation/Px)` `[Float](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-float/index.html) `)` |\n\n| Public functions |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [VerticalTextLayout](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout) | [build](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder#build())`()` Builds the [VerticalTextLayout](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout) instance. |\n| [VerticalTextLayout.Builder](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder) | [setOrientation](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder#setOrientation(kotlin.Int))`(orientation: `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Sets the text orientation. |\n\nPublic constructors \n\nBuilder \nAdded in [1.0.0-alpha01](/jetpack/androidx/releases/text#1.0.0-alpha01) \n\n```\nBuilder(\n text: CharSequence,\n start: Int,\n end: Int,\n paint: TextPaint,\n height: @Px Float\n)\n``` \n\n| Parameters |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `text: `[CharSequence](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-char-sequence/index.html) | The text to be laid out. |\n| `start: `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | The inclusive start offset of the target text range. |\n| `end: `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | The exclusive end offset of the target text range. |\n| `paint: `[TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html) | The [TextPaint](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/TextPaint.html) instance used for laying out the text. |\n| `height: @`[Px](/reference/kotlin/androidx/annotation/Px)` `[Float](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-float/index.html) | The height constraint in pixels. |\n\nPublic functions \n\nbuild \nAdded in [1.0.0-alpha01](/jetpack/androidx/releases/text#1.0.0-alpha01) \n\n```\nfun build(): VerticalTextLayout\n```\n\nBuilds the [VerticalTextLayout](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout) instance. \n\n| Returns |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [VerticalTextLayout](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout) | The constructed [VerticalTextLayout](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout). |\n\nsetOrientation \nAdded in [1.0.0-alpha01](/jetpack/androidx/releases/text#1.0.0-alpha01) \n\n```\nfun setOrientation(orientation: Int): VerticalTextLayout.Builder\n```\n\nSets the text orientation.\n\nDefaults to [TextOrientation.MIXED](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/TextOrientation#MIXED()). \n\n| Parameters |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|\n| `orientation: `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | The desired text orientation. |\n\n| Returns |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [VerticalTextLayout.Builder](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder) | This [Builder](/reference/kotlin/androidx/text/vertical/VerticalTextLayout.Builder) instance for chaining. |"]]
