how to set color for string in EditText

Question

I am appending String to Editbox. here appendToMessageHistory is method. I want to set separate separate color for the Both String Username and messge
please give solution before you vote down and think it is not relevent in android.

 public void appendToMessageHistory(String username, String message) {
            if (username != null && message != null) {
                messageHistoryText.append(username + ":");
                messageHistoryText.append(message + "\n" + "\n");
            }
        }

any suggestion is appreciated.

possible duplicate of [Is it possible to change the text color in a string to multiple colors in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8405661/is-it-possible-to-change-the-text-color-in-a-string-to-multiple-colors-in-java) — SweetWisher ツ, Dec 12 '14 at 07:49

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '14 at 07:47

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String htmlText = "<font color=#cccccc>" + username+"</font> <font color=#ffeecc>"+ message+"</font>";
messageHistoryText.setText(Html.fromHtml(htmlText));

Try this hope it will help.

public static Spanned fromHtml (String source)

answered Dec 12 '14 at 07:47

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '14 at 08:05

Try using SpannableString.

SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString(editText.getText().toString());
int lastIndex = //index to be used
spannableString.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE),0,lastIndex, 0);
editText.setText(spannableString);

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how to set color for string in EditText

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