Color is lost after adding string format

Question

I need to add some text in a textview with some text with red color and some are black color with a specific formatting

Spannable wordtoSpan = new SpannableString(temp.substring(start, i));
wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, wordtoSpan.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
//failedToSolve.append(wordtoSpan); // was working when I used no formatting
failedToSolve.append(String.format("%7s", wordtoSpan)); // coloring is not working after I apply String.format on it

I know I am formatting Spannable object with String class method. Is there any alternatives? How can I do the formatting and coloring together? I used HTML tag but no effects. Thanks in advance.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '13 at 21:08

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Is there any alternatives?

Call String.format() first, then create the SpannableString from the result and apply the ForegroundColorSpan.

answered Jul 14 '13 at 21:08

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Thanks for yor reply, Is there any difference between `SpannableString` and `Spannable` ? – Kaidul Jul 14 '13 at 21:13
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@typedef: `Spannable` is an interface. `SpannableString` is an implementation of that interface. – CommonsWare Jul 14 '13 at 21:14

Color is lost after adding string format

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