android - Change color inside strings.xml

Question

I am new to android, and would like to know how do I change the color of font inside the strings.xml file in a string tag.

for example I have:

  <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>

I just want it to display as red and blue

thanx

Answer 1

Try this

For red color,

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

For blue,

<string name="hello_worldBlue"><![CDATA[<b><font color=#0000FF>Hello world!</font></b>]]></string>

In java code,

//red color text
TextView redColorTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.redText);
String redString = getResources().getString(R.string.hello_worldRed)
redColorTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(redString));

//Blue color text
TextView blueColorTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.blueText);
String blueString = getResources().getString(R.string.hello_worldBlue)
blueColorTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(blueString));