how to have bold and normal text in same textview in android?

Question

I have searched internet and tried the following code but its not working

SpannableString ss1 = new SpannableString("Health: ");
           ss1.setSpan(new android.text.style.StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), 0, ss1.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
            textview1.setText("\n"+ss1+strhealth+"\n\n");

i want output to be like this Health: good

where strhealth = good But it is coming out Health: good What is the mistake ?

I am using android studio 2.1.1

score 26 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:51

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 String txt1="Health: ";
 SpannableString txtSpannable= new SpannableString(txt1);
 StyleSpan boldSpan = new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD);
 txtSpannable.setSpan(boldSpan, 0, 8, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

 builder.append(txtSpannable);

 String txt2="good";
 builder.append(txt2);

 textview1.lblStatus.setText(builder, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);

edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:51

Ilario

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answered Jun 06 '16 at 16:16

dindinii

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It would be better to not hard-code the length of 8 but use txt1.length() instead. – ka3ak Jan 27 '19 at 06:54

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:56

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The easiest way is

textview1.setText(Html.fromHtml("<b>Health:</b> good"));

The mistake in your code is to use string concatenation here: "\n"+ss1+strhealth+"\n\n" which strips out all formatting because the components are taken as normal strings.

answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:56

Henry

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if i don't concatenate then how can i put a variable and mutiple text in a single text view – G.ONE Jun 07 '16 at 03:49
I tried textview1.setText(Html.fromHtml("Health:")+strhealth+"\n\n"); but output is still not having Health: as bold – G.ONE Jun 07 '16 at 04:12
Same problem as in your original try. Use this: `textview1.setText(Html.fromHtml("Health:"+strhealth+"\n\n"));` – Henry Jun 07 '16 at 04:27
thanks its working but now i have to use html to format everything in text view.Now the properties of text view e.g. center is not working – G.ONE Jun 07 '16 at 15:05

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 16 '20 at 05:40

In kotlin, you can do this. I used this to bold characters/word within a string. For example:

item = "Philippines"

query = "Phil"

result = Philippines

val spannable = SpannableString(item)
val indexStart = item.indexOf(query)
val indexEnd = indexStart + query.length
spannable.setSpan(StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD), indexStart, indexEnd, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)

and use it like this

textView.text = spannable

Umar Ata · Answer 4 · 2018-09-07T13:35:21.600

I am bit late to answer, but I created a method for easy use by using answer already provided here.

    private void setSpanString(String string1, String string2, TextView textView) {
    SpannableStringBuilder builder=new SpannableStringBuilder();
    SpannableString txtSpannable= new SpannableString(string1);
    StyleSpan boldSpan = new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD);
    txtSpannable.setSpan(boldSpan, 0, string1.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    builder.append(txtSpannable);
    builder.append(string2);
   textView.setText(builder, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);
}

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 06 '16 at 16:07

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I would use a string resource such as this:

<string name="health_status"><b>Health:</b> %1$s</string>

When you want to set the health status just use this code:

String ss1 = getString(R.string.health_status, strhealth);

answered Jun 06 '16 at 16:07

Zachary McKenney

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 19 '19 at 10:41

Below I have mentioned the code which one through you can create spannableString in Kotlin

val spannableStringBuilder = SpannableStringBuilder()

val boldSpan: StyleSpan = StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD)

sp_text.setSpan(boldSpan, firstIndex, lastIndex,Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)

sp_text.setSpan(clickableSpan, firstIndex, lastIndex, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)
            sp_text.setSpan(ForegroundColorSpan(ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.colorPrimary)), firstIndex, lastIndex, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)

score -2 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:55

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I think you should use 2 different textView, a label and one for the data. it's common and good practice

answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:55

theyouishere

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Sometimes you have to process one string so it would require more work to split the strings to the appropriate textViews. So why not hit 2 birds with one stone when you can. – Ivan Leong Jul 05 '18 at 15:25

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