Android Programming Tutorial 34 : Use Font and Colors For TextView Text In Android:

Create Android Application:

• File >> New >> Android Application
• Enter Project name: FontNColorChangeTextApp
• Package: com.ambilpursunil.newapp
• Keep other default selections, click Next until you reach Finish

                               

 1.Simply Copy and Past the Code which is display below in the  MainActivity.java 

package com.ambilpursunil.newapp;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.text.Html;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.MenuItem;

import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

            @Override

            protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

                        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

                        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

                       

 //to get Italic and paragraph and break uncomment this piece of code below

                       

                         // fig(i)..

                        TextView foo = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tvv);

                        foo.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.hello_world)));

                       

   //to get Text Color In the Activity class Uncomment this Code below

                        /*fig(ii)

                       

                        TextView redColorTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tvv);

                        String redString = getResources().getString(R.string.hello_world);

                        redColorTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(redString));*/ 

                        }

            @Override

            public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

     // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.

                        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

                        return true;

            }

            /*@Override

            public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

                        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will

         // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long

                        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.

                        int id = item.getItemId();

                        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {

                                    return true;

                        }

                        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);

            }*/

}

2.Simple Copy and Past the below code:  actvitiy_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:background="#FFFF66"

    tools:context="com.ambilpursunil.newapp.MainActivity" >

    <TextView

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:id="@+id/tvv"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</RelativeLayout>

4.Change the code of    string.xml to below code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>

    <string name="app_name">SampleDemoOne</string>

    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>       

    <!--

     fig(ii) goto fig(ii) in Activity class

     <string name="hello_world"><![CDATA[<b><font color=#FF0000>Hello world!        </b>]]></string> -->

     <!--

     fig (i) goto fig(i) in Activityclass -->

    <string name="hello_world">

    <![CDATA[

    <p>This is a html-formatted string with <b>bold</b> and <i>italic</i>                   text</p> 

    <p>This is another paragraph of the same string.</p>

     ]]>

</string>

    

</resources>

 3.Copy and past the code for manifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.ambilpursunil.newapp"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name=".MainActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" >

        <intent-filter>

            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

4.Right click on the project and Run As-->Android Application

OutPut:

When our application launch just observe the text. 

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