Is it possible to change the text color in a string to multiple colors in Java?

Question

What I mean is, is it possible to change the text \"This text is blue\" to the color blue in a single string? There must be a way...

Answer 1

It's simple really. Just add these in your value/string.xml

<String name = 'name_of_the_String'><font color='#000000'>This is black</font><font color='#ffffff'>This is white</font></string>

Then add the name of that string to your XML resource file

Answer 2

Yes, its possible. For this you need to use SpannableString and ForegroundColorSpan.

This should look something like this:

SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder();

String red = "this is red";
SpannableString redSpannable= new SpannableString(red);
redSpannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, red.length(), 0);
builder.append(redSpannable);

String white = "this is white";
SpannableString whiteSpannable= new SpannableString(white);
whiteSpannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.WHITE), 0, white.length(), 0);
builder.append(whiteSpannable);

String blue = "this is blue";
SpannableString blueSpannable = new SpannableString(blue);
blueSpannable.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE), 0, blue.length(), 0);
builder.append(blueSpannable);

mTextView.setText(builder, BufferType.SPANNABLE);

Answer 3

I am use for a change star if service "Onward"

String c = "*" + getResources().getString(R.string.rupee) + str_pay_at_store;
SpannableString spannable2 = new SpannableString(c);
spannable2.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, 1, 
Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
tv_payatstore.setText(spannable2);

You can see like this