Strike the string in android

Question

My requirement:

I want strike the particular strings in my textview.

Please take a look at the image below. In project 2 box task 8,task 5,task 1,task 3 are striked.

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What I am tried:

After refer this SO question,

I can strike whole text view. (but I can`t strike particular string wise)

 TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.mytext);
 tv.setText("This is strike-thru");
 tv.setPaintFlags(tv.getPaintFlags() | Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);

My problem:

1.I want to strike the particular strings only.

2.Not entire textbox.

You can keep more than one TextViews for that..one for keeping the strikethrough text and the other for the normal text.. — Lal, May 07 '15 at 14:28
@Lal good idea..But I get these strings from webservice..so I can`t do this. — Ranjithkumar, May 07 '15 at 14:29
You could use a [`StrikethroughSpan`](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/StrikethroughSpan.html) — Michael, May 07 '15 at 14:31

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 07 '15 at 15:50

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see this link , you can see all of text styling there.
you need to use spannableString . just choose style and specify the start and end index of your string to get style.

    SpannableString string = new SpannableString("your text here");

    string.setSpan(new StrikethroughSpan(), 0, string.length(), 0); 

    textView.setText(string);

edited May 07 '15 at 15:50

Ranjithkumar

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answered May 07 '15 at 14:34

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Lal · Answer 2 · 2015-05-07T15:00:22.113

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Try this to add a Striked-Through text programmatically

tv.setText(Html.fromHtml("This is <del>strike-thru</del>."));

OR

if you want to add it through your xml file you can do it as follows

<string name="line"> This is <strike> strike-thru</strike> </string>

And in your Textview just add:

<TextView 
        ...
         android:text="@string/line"
 />

UPDATE

If <del> is not working, try using <strike> like,

tv.setText(Html.fromHtml("This is <strike>strike-thru</strike>."));

edited May 07 '15 at 15:00

answered May 07 '15 at 14:30

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Can I create this string at runtime? – Ranjithkumar May 07 '15 at 14:42
Yes of course..you can use it just like you use the normal `setText()`. – Lal May 07 '15 at 14:43
not working..I try Html.fromHtml().. but string not striked..I can`t use 2nd solution..Because I get the strings runtime. – Ranjithkumar May 07 '15 at 14:56
, ~~are not working on android textview am also looking for solution please help me.am having one textview with current price and stricked price please help me~~ – Harsha Oct 13 '15 at 08:53
The tags does not work for Androids pre-lollipop – uiltonsantos Dec 19 '16 at 16:36

Strike the string in android

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