How to set a bold Text by using getString()

Question

I want to show a BOLD text by setText() , but i just saw a text is not BOLD :( How can I solve this problem ?

Here my code : String.xml :

<string name="country"><b>AMERICA-default</b></string>

my Java code :

Resources resources;
TextView tvCountry;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    Log.d("test","onCreate()-second Activity");
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_second);

    resources = getResources();
    tvCountry = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvCountry);
    tvCountry.setText(resources.getString(R.string.country));//its not working !Text is not bold!
    //CANNOT USE : tvCountry.setText(R.string.country);
}

Haresh Chhelana · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-08T07:03:20.850

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Replace < with &lt; country value

<string name="country">&lt;b>AMERICA-default&lt;/b></string>

Set resource string using Html.fromHtml() which support html tag.

tvCountry.setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.country)));

edited Nov 08 '14 at 07:03

answered Nov 08 '14 at 06:56

Haresh Chhelana

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great ! i tried and my text was bold :) thank you very much :D – Cuong Truong Huy Nov 10 '14 at 08:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '14 at 06:58

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Just use the Typeface class :

tvCountry.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);

answered Nov 08 '14 at 06:58

Blaze Tama

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 08 '14 at 07:02

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Use it on Xml file where u creatd textview

android:textStyle="bold"

answered Nov 08 '14 at 07:02

Naveen Tamrakar

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its ok but i have to use setText(getResources().getString(R.string.country)); – Cuong Truong Huy Nov 10 '14 at 08:53

How to set a bold Text by using getString()

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