TextView with html table

Question

I have a problem. I want to put in to the "TextView" html format text. I add the like below.

<string name="text"><![CDATA[<table><tr><th bgcolor= #FF0000>some text</th></tr> <tr><td bgcolor= #FF0000> some text</td></tr>]]></string>

and put it into the TextView as:

mInfoText.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.text)));

but after run application, displayed text in TextView is not formatted.

Check this out https://github.com/SufficientlySecure/html-textview — Fatih S., Jan 12 '17 at 16:14

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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Android TextView doesn't support the Table tag and that's the reason you can't see it in a formatted way. You must use a WebView for this purpose.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 11:16

Andro Selva

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Agree with you. And if OP still want to display this HTML then he must use WebView instead. – Paresh Mayani Dec 10 '12 at 11:17
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@PareshMayani May `WebView` use with `ListView` is Problematic then what should i do? – Pratik Butani Nov 28 '14 at 05:27
@ツPratikButaniツ Can you please be more specific about the question? Being an experienced SO user, don't you think you should provide more details while asking a question? :) – Paresh Mayani Nov 28 '14 at 06:43

Vasil Valchev · Answer 2 · 2021-09-29T10:39:55.483

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try whit WebView

String html = "<table><tr><th>text1</th></tr><tr><td>text2</td></tr></table>";
webView.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, html, "text/html", "utf-8", null);

edited Sep 29 '21 at 10:39

answered May 12 '16 at 06:55

Vasil Valchev

2 Answers2