Use format string in TextView
Description
The following code shows how to Use format string in TextView.
Example
<?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"
>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<ImageButton android:id="@+id/format"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="@drawable/icon"
/>
<EditText android:id="@+id/name"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<TextView android:id="@+id/result"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Java code
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*/
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.text.Html;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
EditText name;
TextView result;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
name=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.name);
result=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.result);
ImageButton btn=(ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.format);
btn.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
applyFormat();
}
});
}
private void applyFormat() {
String format="My name is <b>%1$s</b>";
String simpleResult=String.format(format,TextUtils.htmlEncode(name.getText().toString()));
result.setText(Html.fromHtml(simpleResult));
}
}