How to convert HTML text into a String and set it into a TextView in android?

Question

I know that there are several similar topics already created, but I still haven't found an answer. I receive an HTML in JSON and need to clean it up from tags and set this clean String as a TextView. Unfortunately, standard Android method Html.fromHtml() doesn't work properly, it doesn't remove all tags. For example:

1) HTML text: <div>At the exhibition everyone can watch a documentary about the life of boxers and see the modern multimedia show which translates on the interactive screens.</div>\r\n \r\n<div>Visitors will be able то live through with Klitschko brothers many moments of their lives.

2) After converting it into a String placeDescription = Html.fromHtml(obj.getString("detail_text")).toString();
the text is the same with tags. What am I doing wrong? Are there any tools/libraries that can help me?

I have a quasi unrelated to your problem: why is the variable static? I think you can declare it as a local variable in the method where you use it. — Code-Apprentice, May 14 '17 at 20:43
@ Code-Apprentice I use it several times. This will not help — fregomene, May 14 '17 at 20:51
This is an incorrect use of static. You are right that it will not fix your problem. You should still learn how to use static correctly. — Code-Apprentice, May 14 '17 at 20:52
Possible duplicate of [How to display HTML in TextView?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2116162/how-to-display-html-in-textview) — Code-Apprentice, May 14 '17 at 21:01
@Code-Apprentice Look, my question is clear and you left tons of comments. None of your comments were useful. And my question is not a duplicate as those answers didn't fit. Do you have any idea of how to substitute method Html.fromHtml()? — fregomene, May 14 '17 at 21:56
Please [edit] your question to explain how what you want to do is different from the linked question. Using the example HTML in your question, what do you want to show in the TextView? Give a specific example. — Code-Apprentice, May 14 '17 at 22:12
@Code-Apprentice This String should be an answer: At the exhibition everyone can watch a documentary about the life of boxers and see the modern multimedia show which translates on the interactive screens. Visitors will be able то live through with Klitschko brothers many moments of their lives. — fregomene, May 14 '17 at 22:18
The answers to the linked question as well as mine here will do exactly what you want. — Code-Apprentice, May 14 '17 at 22:20
@Code-Apprentice The question is clear. Still none of your answers removed
tags — fregomene, May 14 '17 at 22:21

Code-Apprentice · Answer 1 · 2017-05-14T21:11:09.230

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I assume you want to display the HTML content without all the tags like in a browser. To do this, change

placeDescription = Html.fromHtml(obj.getString("detail_text")).toString();

to

CharSequence placeDescription = Html.fromHtml(obj.getString("detail_text"));

Then you need to call

myTextView.setText(placeDescription);

edited May 14 '17 at 21:11

answered May 14 '17 at 20:33

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of course I know how to set TextView. The problem is that the method Html.fromHtml() doesn't clean Html text. – fregomene May 14 '17 at 20:39
@fregomene What do you mean by "clean Html text"? What does the TextView show and what do you want instead? Please [edit] your question to clarify this. – Code-Apprentice May 14 '17 at 20:42
Seems you didn't properly understood the question. I need to remove HTML tags, like
,
etc and then set a clean String as a TextView. That's why i can't reduce my code as you suggested.
– fregomene May 14 '17 at 20:47
@fregomene yes, I misunderstood. See my edited answer. – Code-Apprentice May 14 '17 at 20:51
Nope, this will not work as this method returns Spanned object, that's why I need to call toString() – fregomene May 14 '17 at 20:56
@fregomene did you try it? – Code-Apprentice May 14 '17 at 20:56
@ Code-Apprentice yep – fregomene May 14 '17 at 21:01
@fregomene and what happened? – Code-Apprentice May 14 '17 at 21:02

How to convert HTML text into a String and set it into a TextView in android?

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