How to highlight characters in String for Textview?

Question

String = " This is SAMPLE"

I want to increase the size of the SAMPLE alone in String to highlight, but need to be in a single string, this is to set in TextView.

Thanks in Advance.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:45

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textView.setText(Html.fromHtml("This is <font color='#707070' size='20'>
            SAMPLE</font>"));

answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:45

Raghu Nagaraju

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Try this:

String str = "This is <b>SAMPLE</b>";
yourTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(str), BufferType.SPANNABLE);

Moreover, you may decorate your string (str) with html tags to alter the looks.

Or to highlight a part of text without using html stuff, read this

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

Community

answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:36

waqaslam

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:37

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Use Html.fromHtml() in setText() of TextView. Supported Html Tags can be found here Html Tags Supported by TextView

answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:37

Shaiful

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:37

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I think this is possible if you pass the text as html with your highlighted part enclosed in html <bold> tag.

answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:37

Shubhayu

Shubhayu - yes you are right, its just make difference. If you use font size tag you can highlight at your wishing size. – Gnanam R Apr 19 '12 at 11:08

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 09:06

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You have two options:

1, Format your string in HTML and use HTML.from("Your text");

2, Use spannable. A complete guide can find link here

answered Apr 18 '12 at 09:06

Trung Nguyen

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