Html tags won't work in string resource

Question

I got this string resource:

<string name="about_app_text"><b>%1$s</b> some text.\n\n
        <b>%2$s, text</b>, more text.</string>

The text inside the <b> tag does not get bold. Why is that?

please add code where you are converting into html and displaying it into textview — nomag
– nomag, Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 12:12
please go through to this link developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/themes.html — Zaid Mirza
– Zaid Mirza, Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 12:15

Agi Maulana · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-18 12:20:18Z

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<string name="about_app_text"><![CDATA[<b>%1$s</b> some text.\n\n
    <b>%2$s, text</b>, more text.]]></string>

then parse as Spannable

        Spanned spanned = Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.about_app_text));
textView.setText(Spanned);

answered Sep 18, 2017 at 12:20

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AskNilesh · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-18 12:15:56Z

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you can try this

YourTextview.setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string. about_app_text)));

string resource:

<string name="about_app_text"><![CDATA[<b>%1$s</b> some text.\n\n
        <b>%2$s, text</b>, more text.]]></string>

answered Sep 18, 2017 at 12:15

AskNilesh

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It seems to work, but cancels the affect of the new line character (\n). Do you know why?

You have exited "string" syntax and have entered into "html" syntax. Instead of using \n for a new line use the <p></p> tags.