Android: html in strings.xml

android html xml string android-resources

Alberto Alberto · Nov 16, 2012 · Viewed 77.6k times · Source

I would like display for example this html code:

<body>
    <p><b>Hello World</b></p>
    <p>This is a test of the URL <a href="http://www.example.com"> Example</a></p>
    <p><b>This text is bold</b></p>
    <p><em>This text is emphasized</em></p>
    <p><code>This is computer output</code></p>
    <p>This is<sub> subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></p>
</body>

I want to display it on a Dialog by declaring html in resources strings.xml. How can I do it?

Answer

The best way to add html source code in strings.xml is to use <![CDATA[html source code]]>. Here is an example:

<string name="html"><![CDATA[<p>Text</p>]]></string>

Then you can display this html in TextView using:

myTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.html)));

If you have links in your html and you want them to be clickable, use this method:

myTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Android: html in strings.xml

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