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I have the string <string name="getStarted">Get Started!</string>.

I have set it's textview to android:fontFamily="sans-serif-light".

Can I have the Started! as a regular fontFamily where the rest of the string (Get) having a light weight?

I tried: <string name="getStarted">Get <n>Started!</n></string> like <b></b> but well... n is not a tag (n for normal).

Diolor
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final SpannableStringBuilder sb = new SpannableStringBuilder("Get Started!");  
final StyleSpan bss = new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD); // Span to make text bold  
sb.setSpan(bss, 4, 11, Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE); // make them also bold 
yourTextView.setText(sb);
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Gavin2058
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  • So I have to convert all the `android:Text` and make them programmatically, huh? Pity there is not an easier way. Also that's a bit messed up for multilingual apps. :/ – Diolor May 07 '14 at 15:44
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For consistency, based on @Gavin2058 's answer.

SpannableString sb = new SpannableString("Get Started!");
sb.setSpan(new TypefaceSpan("sans-serif"), 4, 11, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);
yourTextView.setText(sb);

SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE helps you add more setSpan of the same style if you have a big string with multiple width words.

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