why is getting a string from xml resource and getting it programmatrically different?

Question

I have a string resource in xml

<string name="contoh">&#xf080;</string>

and then I call from java

String res = getString(R.string.contoh);
String langsung = "&#xf080;";

after I display the output is different, like this image

please help, how to convert that string from java to become like string from xml, because I want to display icon from API using that code Thank you

SOLVED in this, in accepted answer,

yourTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml("&#xf080;"));

please don't post links to images, post your information in the question itself — Stultuske, Mar 11 '20 at 07:56
check this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37959751/how-to-use-font-awesome-icon-in-android-application — Vivek Mishra, Mar 11 '20 at 10:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '20 at 08:13

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You need to parse color with:

String langsung = "&#xf080;";
Color myColor = Color.parseColor(langsung)

answered Mar 11 '20 at 08:13

janavarro

Hi Jose, this is not color, this is a word or text usual, i need to display icon from this library https://github.com/ravi8x/Android-Font-Awesome, but in the example it display icon from string xml resource, i need to display from string java – Fahriyal Afif Mar 11 '20 at 09:22
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Oh, now I understand you. It is such a weird thing what you want to do, and I think it is impossible. Strings in XML are added to the project at compile time, not runtime. – janavarro Mar 11 '20 at 09:24

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