As for the TextView, programmatically change the style?

Question

For example:

TextView textView = new TextView(PhotoActivity.this);
textView.setText("Photo not found.");

How to set the style?

textView.set... ???

check (Related Method) next to (XML Attributes) in the android docs for textview http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html — Tasos, Jan 19 '16 at 06:08
Possible duplicate of [Android - set TextView TextStyle programmatically?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7919173/android-set-textview-textstyle-programmatically) — Vishwa, Jan 19 '16 at 06:20
Please accept an answer and I will come back to upvote the question; many people have offered good information. — PGMacDesign, May 08 '17 at 18:28

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 04 '20 at 13:26

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For styling TextView programmatically you must have a style inheriting a TextAppearance style, and you can apply it using the following:

TextViewCompat.setTextAppearance(statusLinkTextView, R.style.YourTextAppearanceStyle);

edited Feb 04 '20 at 13:26

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answered Aug 31 '16 at 10:54

Jorge Castillo

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '16 at 06:08

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For styling you can use from following these options:

textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC);
textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.ITALIC);
textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.NORMAL);

answered Jan 19 '16 at 06:08

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This should be the accepted answer. It's the most simple and effective. – caly__pso Apr 02 '17 at 20:25
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This changes the Typeface, _not_ the style. – HBG Jul 04 '17 at 08:17

user1140237 · Answer 3 · 2017-08-03T14:24:12.257

You can change TextView Style by using setTextAppearance / setTextAppearance

for below api level 23

setTextAppearance(int res id)

From api level 23

setTextAppearance (Context context, int resId)


TextView textView = new TextView(PhotoActivity.this);
        textView.setText("Photo not found.");
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 22) {
            textView.setTextAppearance(PhotoActivity.this, R.style.yourTextViewStyleResourceID);
            /*
            * To give font style Bold Italic I would suggest you check this answer
            * https://stackoverflow.com/a/6200841
            * */
        } else {
            textView.setTextAppearance(R.style.yourTextViewStyleResourceID);
        }

UPDATE

Its also possible to give style without checking sdk version

TextViewCompat.setTextAppearance(textViewObject, R.style.yourTextViewStyleResourceID);

To give font style Bold Italic I would suggest you check this answer

As @JorgeCastillo [notes](http://stackoverflow.com/a/39247670/295028), you can avoid the version check by using TextViewCompat: `TextViewCompat.setTextAppearance(statusLinkTextView, R.style.YourTextAppearanceStyle);` — Beer Me, Oct 10 '16 at 15:36

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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You can use the following links :

How to change a TextView's style at runtime

and

Set TextView style (bold or italic)

Good luck .

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Jan 19 '16 at 06:17

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 19 '16 at 06:50

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Thank you all , I found the solution I need .

LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(AbsListView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, AbsListView.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
params.weight = 1.0f;
params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER;

TextView textView = new TextView(PhotoActivity.this);
textView.setText("Photo not found.");
textView.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
textView.setLayoutParams(params);

As an alternative way:

textView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);

edited Jan 19 '16 at 06:50

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answered Jan 19 '16 at 06:16

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if this your answer and solution than question should "How to set TextColor dynamically ? " not how to set Style ? – user1140237 Jan 19 '16 at 06:22
in which multiverse does this change the style as stated in "As for the TextView, programmatically change the style?" ???? – desgraci Jun 12 '20 at 07:14
well the answer doesnt match the question at all – Sourav May 25 '23 at 06:18

As for the TextView, programmatically change the style?

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