Android - Can't read bold text from strings.xml

Question

This is a string in strings.xml:

<string name="data_dd"><b>Data: </b>/string>

And this the java code:

myTextViews[pointer].setText(getResources().getText(R.string.data_dd) + data + "\n");

The problem is that the string data_dd is not bold in the textview. I tried also these but none of them worked:

<string name="data_dd"><Data><![CDATA[ <b>Data: </b> ]]> </Data></string>

myTextViews[pointer].setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.data_dd)) + data + "\n");

How can i do?

Thx in advance!

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '13 at 09:57

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Try change :

myTextViews[pointer].setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.data_dd)) + data + "\n");

to :

myTextViews[pointer].setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.data_dd) + data + "\n"));

or test :

yourtextView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);

answered Apr 24 '13 at 09:57

VincentLamoute

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Change "\n" to
-> It's HTML now, not Java ! ;) – VincentLamoute Apr 24 '13 at 10:08
Ok, i solved adding myTextViews[pointer].append("\n"); :) thx! – Gimmy88 Apr 24 '13 at 10:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 10:18

Use below code if you want to set entire myTextViews[pointer] Bold:

in strings.xml

<string name="data_dd">Data: </string>

And in the TextView:

myTextViews[pointer].setTypeface(null,Typeface.BOLD);
myTextViews[pointer].setText(getResources().getText(R.string.data_dd) + data);

if you just want the heading "Data:" to be bold and rest of the text from variable "data" to be normal, then use:

myTextViews[pointer].setText(Html.fromHtml("<b>Data:</b>"+ data));

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 09:59

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Do you mean chinese?You may try like this:

TextPaint tp = tv.getPaint();
tp.setFakeBoldText(true);

answered Apr 24 '13 at 09:59

JaveZh

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Android - Can't read bold text from strings.xml

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