How to make an infinity sign on Android?

Question

I know there's this question, but '\u221e' doesn't work for me. Also this is Android-specific. Surely there must be a way to show an infinity sign!

Oleksiy · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-08T16:19:47.630

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Never mind, found it myself:

DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance().getInfinity()

Note that it may not work with some custom fonts.

edited May 08 '14 at 16:19

answered May 08 '14 at 16:08

Oleksiy

I use this code in the contains method as a regex and works fantastic. ∞ I cant use in regex as infinity sign. – Dezo Nov 06 '20 at 17:40

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 07:55

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You can create a new item in "strings.xml":

<string name="infinity">&#8734;</string>

And then call it using your Context:

textView.setText(context.getString(R.string.infinity));

answered Sep 14 '15 at 07:55

Dmitriy Chernenko

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