How do I Underline Specific text in a TextView?

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<TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:text="Don&apos;t worry we will never share this with anyone\nBy Clicking register you are indicating that you have read and agreed to the \n **Terms of services**  and **Privacy Policy**"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black" 
        android:textSize="8.5sp"
    />

From the above code I need to underline Terms of Services and Privacy Policy which are being highlighted bold.

I had tried using <u></u> but doesn't worked.

Also I need to increase the font of Terms of Service, Privacy Policy only

Please do give some suggestions.

check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2394935/can-i-underline-text-in-an-android-layout — Intathep, Feb 12 '13 at 10:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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You need to define your text in strings.xml file.Yes,you can define formatted html in it too.

So you can try this out:

<string name="nice_html">
<![CDATA[Don&apos;t worry we will never share this with anyone<br/>
By Clicking register you are indicating that you have read and agreed to the <br/>
 <u>Terms of services</u>  and <u>Privacy Policy</u>
]]></string>

Then, in your code:

TextView foo = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.foo); foo.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.nice_html)));

Original answer.

This is the cleanest way to do it.Inshallah.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Feb 12 '13 at 10:14

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Also I need to increase the font of Terms of Service, Privacy Policy only – Feb 20 '13 at 06:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 12 '13 at 10:12

String mString=new String("Don&apos;t worry we will never share this with anyone\nBy Clicking register you are indicating that you have read and agreed to the \n **Terms of services**  and **Privacy Policy**");
SpannableString span = new SpannableString(mString);
span.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), index of T in terms, mString.length(), 0);
mTextView.setText(span);

How do I Underline Specific text in a TextView?

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