Combining Spannable with String.format()

Question

Suppose you have the following string:

String s = \"The cold hand reaches for the %1$s %2$s Ellesse\'s\";
String old = \"old\"; 
String tan = \"tan\"; 
String fo         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue pop up, but found a really great solution here: Android: How to combine Spannable.setSpan with String.format?

Check out the solution offered by @george-steel. He created a custom version of String.format which preserves spans.

Example use:

Spanned toDisplay = SpanFormatter.format(getText(R.string.foo), bar, baz, quux);