Android string with HTML failed

Question

In my strings.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="informations_links">Read these <b><a href=\"com.android.mobile://ReaderActivity\">general informations</a></b> and <a href=\"com.android.mobile://ReaderActivity\">this main note</a> from this box.</string>
</resources>

Then I use it like that:

mTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.informations_links)));

It doesn't work. My text is not formatted.

But if I write directly this and it works (it's the same string):

mTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml("Read these <b><a href=\"com.android.mobile://ReaderActivity\">general informations</a></b> and <a href=\"com.android.mobile://ReaderActivity\">this main note</a> from this box."));

So, what is the best writing in my strings.xml ?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:23:19Z

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You have to wrap the string content into <Data></Data>

<string name="my_string"><Data><![CDATA[<p>This is a paragraph!</p>]]> </Data></string>

android string.xml reading html tags problem

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:23

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