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how to make a specific text on TextView BOLD

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android-textview

android-textattributes

I don't know how to make a specific text on TextView become BOLD.

its like this
txtResult.setText(id+" "+name);

I want the output to be like this:

1111 neil
id and name are variables that I have retrieved the value from database, and I want to make the id to bold, but only the id so the name will not affected, I

have no idea how to do this.

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Budi Darmawan
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Jan 17 '13 at 2:02

Krushna Chulet
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Feb 26 '14 at 11:37

Possible duplicate of Is it possible to have multiple styles inside a TextView? Ciro Santilli Feb 8 at 13:29
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Just build your String in HTML and set it:

String sourceString = "<b>" + id + "</b> " + name;
mytextview.setText(Html.fromHtml(sourceString));

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Raghav Sood
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Jan 17 '13 at 2:04

it works, finally I can move forward. thanks man. Budi Darmawan Jan 17 '13 at 2:20

Graet! It's so a beautiful trick... +1 Ali Bagheri Shakib May 16 '14 at 19:21

why this doesn't work mBox..setText(Html.fromHtml("<b>" + name + "</b>") + doNotApplyHTML); any idea thanks Shan Xeeshi Aug 19 '14 at 10:05

Thanks man it works smoothely Arslan Ahmad Feb 11 '15 at 5:09

truly, an elegant trick. thanks! Mill Feb 27 '15 at 13:58

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While you can use Html.fromHtml() you can use a more native approach which is SpannableStringBuilder , this post may be helful.
final SpannableStringBuilder str = new SpannableStringBuilder("Your awesome text");
str.setSpan(new android.text.style.StyleSpan(android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD), INT_START, INT_END, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
TextView tv=new TextView(context);
tv.setText(str);

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wtsang02
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Jan 17 '13 at 2:09

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Oct 28 '13 at 14:36

Please explain downvote. wtsang02 Apr 10 '14 at 22:19

Whoever downvoted has no idea how Android works. ;) Martn Marconcini Aug 12 '14 at 22:32

Very nice. Always much better to go with a native pure Android solution. The above HTML version may work, but it's not nearly as elegant. idratherbeintheair Sep 5 '14 at 23:59

If this answer doesn't works try to append your text with spannable string some thing like : mSpannable.append(yourremainingtext); Gowtham Kumar Mar 9 '15 at 8:11
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I thought that the chosen answer didn't provide a satisfactory result. I have written my own function which takes 2 strings; The full text and the
part of the text you want to make bold.
It returns a SpannableStringBuilder with the 'textToBold' from 'text' bolded.
I find the ability to make a substring bold without wrapping it in tags useful.

/**
* Makes a substring of a string bold.
* @param text
Full text
* @param textToBold Text you want to make bold
* @return
String with bold substring
*/
public static SpannableStringBuilder makeSectionOfTextBold(String text, String textToBold){
SpannableStringBuilder builder=new SpannableStringBuilder();
if(textToBold.length() > 0 && !textToBold.trim().equals("")){
//for counting start/end indexes
String testText = text.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
String testTextToBold = textToBold.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
int startingIndex = testText.indexOf(testTextToBold);
int endingIndex = startingIndex + testTextToBold.length();
//for counting start/end indexes
if(startingIndex < 0 || endingIndex <0){

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Eitan
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Jul 15 '14 at 9:08

Derek Beattie
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Jun 28 '15 at 16:53

Can you provide an example of how to use this in code? MicroR Oct 22 '15 at 16:19

@MicroR You need to pass two Strings, the second String needs to be a section of text contained within the first. e.g. makeSectionOfTextBold("This is some great text.", "great").
Leon Oct 30 '15 at 16:09
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