Styling with HTML markup, it's not work in strings.xml

Question

Styling with HTML markup, it's not work in strings.xml and I don't know, why.

<string name="autores">This aplication is developed by <i>Charles</i></string>

And it set the phrase without italic way in the word Charles. What could it be the problem?

Thanks a lot

Mehul Joisar · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 20:02:37Z

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Solution:

You can use CDATASection.

Example:

<string name="autores">
<![CDATA[
This application is developed by <i>Charles</i>
]]>
</string>

and

dialog.setMessage(Html.fromHtml(this.getString(R.string.autores)));

Reference:

CDATASection

I hope it will be helpful !!

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 20:02

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Sergey Aldoukhov Over a year ago

No need to use CDATA, just replace < with <

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:58:36Z

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The strings.xml file is not meant to be used this way. Use SpannableStrings programmatically instead. For example: Highlighting Text Color using Html.fromHtml() in Android?

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:58

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answered Jun 6, 2013 at 19:42

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marioerro Over a year ago

Ok, but I want to set in a AlertDialog.Builder dialog.setMessage(Html.fromHtml(this.getString(R.string.phrase)));

marioerro Over a year ago

IT's not work!! dialog.setMessage(Html.fromHtml(this.getString(R.string.phrase))); But if I write a normal string, that is working!! Why? Isn't it possible to do it with a text from strings.xml?

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