Using HTML in my TextView

Question

I want to use HTML in my TextView (sub- and superscript). The problem is, that I only want to use XML when coding my UI elements: I don't want to use HTML.fromHtml(...);.

The string I have in my resources is the following code:

...
<string name="buttonY1"><![CDATA[<html><i>Y</i><sup>2</sup></html>]]></string>
...

The XML code is:

...
<TextView android:text="@string/buttonY1"
                      android:textSize="20sp"
                      android:gravity="center_horizontal"></TextView>
...

When I debug my app, the text shows plain text (with the tags still in it), and not the parsed HTML. Any solutions?

I might, but in my case it doesn't make anything easier. There is more code than the snippets here, and it would take a lot of code to use HTML.fromHtml(). Also, I am just interested if there is any easy way — Hidde
– Hidde, Commented Apr 22, 2012 at 12:38

Mirko Lindner · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22 12:38:50Z

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Simple remove the CDATA part, just include the tags as they are e.g.:

<string name="lorem_short"><sub>Lorem</sub> ipsum dolor <sup>sit</sup> amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr</string>

answered Apr 22, 2012 at 12:38

Mirko Lindner

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