Line break in HTML for Android TextView

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How to add a line break in an Android TextView?

I'm trying to express a number with a superscript and other text in three different lines but the line break doesn't work for some reason.

TextView tvAnswer = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView_answer);
tvAnswer.setText(Html.fromHtml("16<sup>4</sup>" + "istext \nistextonanotherline"));

The " \n" doesn't cause a line break but it does without the "Html.fromHtml" which I need.

This also doesn't work:

tvAnswer.setText(Html.fromHtml("16<sup>4</sup>" + "istext<br>istextonanotherline"));

since Android apparently doesn't support the br HTML tag. Help?

You'll want to take a look at the following thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5382490/how-to-add-a-line-break-in-an-android-textview — Chirag Shah, Aug 31 '12 at 23:26
Yes, but I'm not really sure if there's a better way to do the break than "CDATA". — user1246462, Aug 31 '12 at 23:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '12 at 23:26

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One possible solution is

tvAnswer.setText(Html.fromHtml("16<sup>4</sup>" + "istext "));
    tvAnswer.append("\n");

answered Aug 31 '12 at 23:26

wtsang02

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