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Highlighting Text Color using Html.fromHtml() in Android?

I am developing an application in which there will be a search screen where user can search for specific keywords and that keyword should be highlighted. I have found Html.fromHtml method.

But I will like to know whether its the proper way of doing it or not.

Please let me know your views on this.

Solution

  • Or far simpler than dealing with Spannables manually, since you didn't say that you want the background highlighted, just the text:

    String styledText = "This is <font color='red'>simple</font>.";
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(styledText), TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);