textview – Page 27 – Tarik Billa

How to display HTML in TextView?

September 7, 2022 by Tarik

You need to use Html.fromHtml() to use HTML in your XML Strings. Simply referencing a String with HTML in your layout XML will not work. This is what you should do in Java if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) { textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(“<h2>Title</h2><br><p>Description here</p>”, Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_COMPACT)); } else { textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(“<h2>Title</h2><br><p>Description here</p>”)); } And in Kotlin: textView.text = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= … Read more

Making TextView scrollable on Android

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

You don’t need to use a ScrollView actually. Just set the android:scrollbars = “vertical” properties of your TextView in your layout’s xml file. Then use: yourTextView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod()); in your code. Bingo, it scrolls!

How to set TextView textStyle such as bold, italic

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC); textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD); textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.ITALIC); textView.setTypeface(null, Typeface.NORMAL); To keep the previous typeface textView.setTypeface(textView.getTypeface(), Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC)

Auto Scale TextView Text to Fit within Bounds

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

As a mobile developer, I was sad to find nothing native that supports auto resizing. My searches did not turn up anything that worked for me and in the end, I spent the better half of my weekend and created my own auto resize text view. I will post the code here and hopefully it … Read more

How to make links in a TextView clickable

September 3, 2022 by Tarik

Buried in the API demos, I found the solution to my problem: File Link.java: // text2 has links specified by putting <a> tags in the string // resource. By default these links will appear but not // respond to user input. To make them active, you need to // call setMovementMethod() on the TextView object. … Read more

How do I center text horizontally and vertically in a TextView?

August 26, 2022 by Tarik

I’m assuming you’re using XML layout. <TextView android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent” android:gravity=”center” android:text=”@string/**yourtextstring**” /> You can also use gravity center_vertical or center_horizontal according to your need. As @stealthcopter commented, in java: .setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);. And for Kotlin users, .gravity = Gravity.CENTER