How to get Superscript over subscript in XML?

Asked Mar 17 '14 at 12:47

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I'm coding a program for Android, and I have to display some text with chemistry notation. Using regular subscripting works when it is defined as a String resource, like this:

<string name="OH">OH<sup>-</sup>, [mg/l]</string>

This will show up as "OH^-, [mg/l]".

However, I need the sign for Carbonate where I've tried this:

<string name="CO23">CO<sup>2-</sup><sub>3</sub>, [mg/l]</string>

Which looks like this: CO^2-₃

I need the 3 to be under the 2-..

edited Mar 17 '14 at 12:57

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asked Mar 17 '14 at 12:47

jangerhard

Have you been able to figure this out yet? I'm working with the same concept at the moment. – Joshua Sutherland Mar 19 '14 at 20:37
No, nothing yet.. I also have a problem where subscript and superscript doesn't work in spinners or listviews.. – jangerhard Mar 20 '14 at 09:16
That's curious. I have it working in a listview. Thats actually what I am putting mine in right now. I just haven't found how to stack the sup and sub. – Joshua Sutherland Mar 21 '14 at 02:38
Do you define the string in the java code using setText, or as a defined string in Strings.xml? – jangerhard Mar 24 '14 at 08:54
I'm doing it in the Strings.xml file. I know what you might be missing though. I had to add a bit in order to get part of it to work. I have my strings formatted like so: <![CDATA[Al³⁺]]>, and then in my code I have the .setText(Html.fromHtml(text)); – Joshua Sutherland Mar 24 '14 at 16:45
How do you access the different textviews in the listview so you can change the text? Do you use a custom adapter? – jangerhard Mar 26 '14 at 17:26
Yes, I am using a custom adapter. – Joshua Sutherland Mar 26 '14 at 18:20
Did you figure this out or find some solution? – Joshua Sutherland Apr 07 '14 at 17:49
I managed to get superscript to work in spinners and listview, as all you had to do was replace "_..." in a string array with "<sub>...</sub>". That was it works. No solution to the original problem though.. – jangerhard Apr 08 '14 at 09:28

How to get Superscript over subscript in XML?

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