Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.text.Spannable; import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.TextView.BufferType; public class Main { public static void setTextViewCharHilighted(TextView textView, String text, int startIndex, int endIndex, int color) { if (textView == null || text == null) { return; } if (startIndex < 0) { return; } if (endIndex > text.length()) { return; } textView.setText(text, BufferType.SPANNABLE); Spannable span = (Spannable) textView.getText(); if (span == null) { return; } span.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(color), startIndex, endIndex, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); } }