Styling text in ANDROID through XML

Hello….
In today’s tutorial I will show you how to style your text in ANDROID.
This is a simple example to show how styling is done using XML in android.
This will also show you how to get a string from the resources in java code.
First create a new project and name it “StyleTextDemo” and copy this code into it.

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package pack.coderzheaven;   import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.content.res.Resources; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.TextView;   public class StyleTextDemo extends Activity {     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);           setContentView(R.layout.resources);           TextView tv;         CharSequence cs;         String str;           // Using the getString() conevenience method, retrieve a string         // resource that happens to have style information.  Note the use of         // CharSequence instead of String so we don't lose the style info.         cs = getText(R.string.styled_text);         tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.styled_text);         tv.setText(cs);           // Use the same resource, but convert it to a string, which causes it         // to lose the style information.         str = getString(R.string.styled_text);         tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.plain_text);         tv.setText(str);           Context context = this;           // Get the Resources object from our context         Resources res = context.getResources();           // Get the string resource, like above.         cs = res.getText(R.string.styled_text);         tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.res1);         tv.setText(cs);     } }

Now in the “main.xml” file copy the following code. This is simply for the layout

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:orientation="vertical">      <TextView         android:id="@+id/coderz"         android:text="@string/coderz"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center_horizontal"         android:textStyle="normal"         android:padding="10dip"         />     <TextView         android:id="@+id/styled_text"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center_horizontal"         android:textStyle="normal"         />       <TextView         android:id="@+id/plain_text"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center_horizontal"         android:textStyle="normal"         />       <TextView         android:id="@+id/res1"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:gravity="center_horizontal"         android:textStyle="normal"         /> </LinearLayout>

Now the third step in the strings.xml file, place this code.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>      <string name="coderz"><b><i>Style Text Demo from CoderzHeaven, Enjoy</i></b></string>      <string name="styled_text">Plain, <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, <b><i>bold-italic</i></b></string> </resources>

You are done, Now go on and run it.
Enjoy
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Style Text Demo in android