CODEWITHSUNDEEP
android
Andreas Wong
Andreas Wong

Reputation: 60516

SpannableString inside a text defined in strings.xml

How would I go about setting a SpannableString with a string defined in strings.xml?

For example, I have: %s liked your post

Then I do 

SpannableString usernameSS = new SpannableString(username);
usernameSS.setSpan(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC), 0, username.length(), 0);
getString(R.string.like_post, usernameSS);

But it doesn't work - the style doesn't get applied, I know I could use HTML's <b><i> but is there a way to do this without having to resort to HTML? As I may need to insert a more complex styling later via TextAppearanceSpan

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2740

Answers (1)

Blackbelt
Blackbelt

Reputation: 157437

yep, here the order matter:

String finalString = getString(R.string.like_post, username);
SpannableStringBuilder spannableStringBuilder = new SpannableStringBuilder(finalString); 
int startIndex = finalString.indexOf(username);
spannableStringBuilder.setSpannable(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC), startIndex, startIndex + username.length(), 0);

should do it. Please check for the correct start/end index

Upvotes: 4

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