Using Spannable text and set style
package app.test;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Spannable;
import android.text.style.BackgroundColorSpan;
import android.text.style.StyleSpan;
import android.text.util.Linkify;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class Test extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
TextView tv =(TextView)this.findViewById(R.id.tv);
tv.setAutoLinkMask(Linkify.ALL);
tv.setText("asdf");
TextView tv3 =(TextView)this.findViewById(R.id.tv3);
tv3.setText("asdf",TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);
Spannable spn = (Spannable) tv3.getText();
spn.setSpan(new BackgroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, 7,Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
spn.setSpan(new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC),0, 7, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
EditText et =(EditText)this.findViewById(R.id.et);
et.setText("asdf");
Spannable spn2 = (Spannable) et.getText();
spn2.setSpan(new BackgroundColorSpan(Color.RED), 0, 7,Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
spn2.setSpan(new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC),0, 7, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
}
}
//main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:autoLink="web|map"
android:text="Please visit www.androidbook.com for more help on using Android."
android:minLines="5"
android:typeface="serif"
/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/tv"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/tvStyled"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@+string/styledText"
/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/tv3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<EditText android:id="@+id/et"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="text|textAutoCorrect|textAutoComplete|textMultiLine"
/>
<Button android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/tv"
/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/errors"
style="@style/ErrorText"
android:text="There's trouble down at the mill."
/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/danger"
style="@style/ErrorText.Danger"
android:text="SERIOUSLY! THERE'S TROUBLE DOWN AT THE MILL!!"
/>
</LinearLayout>
//strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, ActivityMenu</string>
<string name="app_name">HelloMenu</string>
<string name="button1">button1</string>
<string name="button2">button2</string>
<string name="tv">I am a TextView</string>
<string name="et">I am an EditText</string>
<string name="actv">AutoComplete:</string>
<string name="mactv">MultiAutoComplete:</string>
</resources>
//styles.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="ErrorText">
<item name="android:layout_width">fill_parent</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#FF0000</item>
<item name="android:typeface">monospace</item>
</style>
<style name="ErrorText.Danger" >
<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
</style>
</resources>
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