Multiple colours inside a TextView in android

Set color of TextView span in Android  or Highlight text view in android

Hi this post will explain customized TextView in android using Spannable that means using TextView will show Multiple colors in message.

Following file are my source code:

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/textview"

        android:textSize="35dp"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

    <TextView

        android:id="@+id/textView1"

        android:clickable="true"

        

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

        android:layout_marginBottom="157dp"

        android:text="TextView" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.example.helloworld;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.graphics.Color;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.text.Spannable;

import android.text.SpannableString;

import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

TextView tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textview);

Spannable wordtoSpan = new SpannableString("Algorithms run on OBU, Messages displayed on Android according to the priority.Applications listed on Android based tab");        

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLUE), 15, 30, Spannable.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.MAGENTA), 35, 45, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.LTGRAY), 50, 55, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.CYAN), 60, 65, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.YELLOW), 70, 75, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

wordtoSpan.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.GREEN), 80, 85, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);

tv.setText(wordtoSpan);

@Override

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.

getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

return true;

}

}

After running above code using eclipse it will give following screenshot. It will print text different colors (BLUE,MAGENTA,LTGRAY,CYAN,YELLOW,GREEN).