Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.text.SpannableString; import android.text.Spanned; import android.text.TextUtils; import android.text.style.StyleSpan; public class Main { public static SpannableString setTextBoldItalic(String content, int startIndex, int endIndex) { if (TextUtils.isEmpty(content) || startIndex < 0 || endIndex >= content.length() || startIndex >= endIndex) { return null; } SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString(content); spannableString.setSpan(new StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC), startIndex, endIndex, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); return spannableString; } }