Android String color manipulation

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I have one text view in android which text is "Hi how are you?"

My query is can we keep color of "hi how" as blue and "are you?" as red in one line as below

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cause now am using 2 text view to show "hi how" and "are you" respectively but i want to show it in one text view with above requirement?

can we give two color code at a time to one text in String file? any reference?

Blackbelt · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 09:36:47Z

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For this purpose you need a SpannableString. Here the documentation

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 9:36

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Android is everything for me Over a year ago

it seems to be we need to do it through java coding is it possible to do in xml level??

jyomin · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 09:40:25Z

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Try this:

String text = "<font color=#0000FF>Hi How</font> <font color=#ff0000>are you</font>";
mTxtVw.setText(Html.fromHtml(text));

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 9:40

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jyomin Over a year ago

u r welcome..you should accept one. as your answer so it help others while finding answer for your question

duggu · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 09:44:31Z

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try below code:-

TextView TV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mytextview01);

Spannable wordtoSpan = new SpannableString("hi how are you?");        

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE), 5, 10, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

TV.setText(wordtoSpan);

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 9:44

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