I'm currently trying to figure out how to make text bold, Italic or underline with dynamic string coming from API, the text which has to be bold is coming as * bold *, Italic coming as _ italic_ and underline as #underline# (Same functionality as Stackoverflow). After successful conversion of text, I want the special chars to be removed as well.
Text from API - * I am Bold* and love to see _myself and _ others too.
Expected answer - I am Bold and love to see myself and others too.
I have tried some code which does not work if I try to create italic after bold also if I try to remove special chars.
TextView t = findViewById(R.id.viewOne);
String text = "*I am Bold* and _I am Italic_ here *Bold too*";
SpannableStringBuilder b = new SpannableStringBuilder(text);
Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote("*") + "(.*?)" + Pattern.quote("*")).matcher(text);
while (matcher.find()){
String name = matcher.group(1);
int index = text.indexOf(name)-1;
b.setSpan(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD), index, index + name.length()+1, SpannableStringBuilder.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
}
t.setText(b);
I don't want to use HTML tags
Edited answer to address the edited question
Try below, you should had to pass typeface
instead StyleSpan
.
public class SpanTest extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);
TextView test = findViewById(R.id.test);
// String text = "*I am Bold* and _I am Italic_ here *Bold too*";
String text = "* I am Bold* and love to see _myself and _ others too";
CharSequence charSequence = updateSpan(text, "*", Typeface.BOLD);
charSequence = updateSpan(charSequence, "_", Typeface.ITALIC);
test.setText(charSequence);
}
private CharSequence updateSpan(CharSequence text, String delim, int typePace) {
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(delim) + "(.*?)" + Pattern.quote(delim));
SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder(text);
if (pattern != null) {
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
int matchesSoFar = 0;
while (matcher.find()) {
int start = matcher.start() - (matchesSoFar * 2);
int end = matcher.end() - (matchesSoFar * 2);
StyleSpan span = new StyleSpan(typePace);
builder.setSpan(span, start + 1, end - 1, 0);
builder.delete(start, start + 1);
builder.delete(end - 2, end - 1);
matchesSoFar++;
}
}
return builder;
}
}
Here is the output.