Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.text.Spannable; import android.text.SpannableString; import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan; public class Main { public static SpannableString getSmallCapsString(String input) { // values needed to record start/end points of blocks of lowercase letters char[] chars = input.toCharArray(); int currentBlock = 0; int[] blockStarts = new int[chars.length]; int[] blockEnds = new int[chars.length]; boolean blockOpen = false; // record where blocks of lowercase letters start/end for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; ++i) { char c = chars[i]; if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') { if (!blockOpen) { blockOpen = true; blockStarts[currentBlock] = i; } // replace with uppercase letters chars[i] = (char) (c - 'a' + '\u0041'); } else { if (blockOpen) { blockOpen = false; blockEnds[currentBlock] = i; ++currentBlock; } } } // add the string end, in case the last character is a lowercase letter blockEnds[currentBlock] = chars.length; // shrink the blocks found above SpannableString output = new SpannableString(String.valueOf(chars)); for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(blockStarts.length, blockEnds.length); ++i) { output.setSpan(new RelativeSizeSpan(0.8f), blockStarts[i], blockEnds[i], Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE); } return output; } }