how to add @string inside html paragraph?

Question

I am trying to put @string/string_b inside html <p></p>. For example,

<string name="string_a">very long text</string>

<string name="string_b">
     <![CDATA[
        <body>
            <p>This is string B</p>
            <p>@string/string_a</p>
            <p>Another string here</p>
        </body>
    ]]>
</string>

This will only shows:
This is string B
@string/string_a
Another string here

But I want to show:
This is string B
very long text.
Another string here

Btw, it will be displayed in HtmlTextView. If can, I want to make it inside xml only. Thank you guys!

Yes but in another way. By extending HtmlTextView. Thanks btw. — Tuss
– Tuss, Commented Jun 9, 2016 at 11:39
No problem, post your answer yourself then, so if others have the same issue, they can see the solution. — Vucko
– Vucko, Commented Jun 9, 2016 at 11:40

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:22:38Z

1

Make this change in your strings.xml:

 <string name="string_b">
         <![CDATA[
            <body>
                <p>This is string B</p>
                <p>%1$s</p>
                <p>Another string here</p>
            </body>
        ]]>
    </string>

Now in you Java code you can do this:

Resources res = getResources();
String string_a = res.getString(R.string.string_a);
String string_b = String.format(res.getString(R.string.string_b), string_a);

Upon your request to do it solely in the xml, I've found this question that refers to the same thing. So you can take a look at the answer given there and see if it works for you.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:22

CommunityBot

11 silver badge

answered Jun 8, 2016 at 19:54

Vucko

7,4992 gold badges29 silver badges47 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Tuss Over a year ago

is it possible to make it only in xml?

Vucko Over a year ago

Take a look at the question and the answer to it, the one I linked in the edit.

Tuss · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-09 12:19:50Z

This is my answer. Hope it help others. Extending HtmlTextView gives us opportunity to add new attribute with string format. Then, android:text and custom:text2 can be concatenated programatically inside custom HtmlTextView.

1. Extend HtmlTextView or TextView if you are using it.

public class HtmlTextview extends HtmlTextView {
    public HtmlTextview(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public HtmlTextview(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        setupText(attrs);
    }

    public HtmlTextview(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        setupText(attrs);
    }

    private void setupText(AttributeSet attrs) {

        String htmlString = (String) this.getText();
        String text2;

        TypedArray attributeValuesArray = getContext().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.concatenate, 0, 0);
        try{
            text2 = attributeValuesArray.getString(R.styleable.concatenate_text2);
        } finally {
            attributeValuesArray.recycle();
        }

        if(text2 != null && text2.length() > 0){
            htmlString = htmlString + text2;
            this.setHtmlFromString(htmlString, new HtmlTextView.RemoteImageGetter());
        }
    }
}

2. HtmlTextview attributes

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

    <declare-styleable name="concatenate">
        <attr name="text2" format="string"/>
    </declare-styleable>

</resources>

3. In string.xml resources

<resources>
    <string name="app_name">HtmlTry</string>

    <string name="string_a">
        <![CDATA[
        <body>
            <p>very long text. Can also formatted in <font color="#f44336">Html.</font></p>
        </body>
        ]]>
    </string>

    <string name="string_b">
        <![CDATA[
        <body>
            <p>This is string B</p>
        </body>
        ]]>
    </string>

</resources>

4. Lastly apply it inside xml layout.

<com.htmltry.HtmlTextview
   android:id="@+id/tv"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="@string/string_b"
   custom:text2="@string/string_a"
/>

and the final result is:

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

how to add @string inside html paragraph?

2 Answers 2

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

2 Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related