how to replace characters in a string with image and show it in a textview

Question

I am building a messaging app in android. I need to show some smiley image when a group of specific character appeared together in a string. Like if Hello friends :p shows in textview, i like to replace :p with some image like smile.png and show this in that textview. How can i show this message with an image in a textview?

in textview how will you show image. – Androider Nov 15 '15 at 18:31 — Androider, Nov 15 '15 at 18:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '15 at 18:31

You can use TextWatcher

 private TextWatcher myTW = new TextWatcher() {
    @Override
    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

    }

    @Override
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

    }
};

and then you need to append it to your EditText Note: this is my opinion how it can be solved, maybe there are better solutions

how to replace characters in a string with image and show it in a textview

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