Formatting string in xml resource file

Issue

I want to display help dialog box in which it has one textview and it loads the content from the String.xml file. Instead of making it one boring paragraphs, I would like to add some formatting to that String.xml For example coloring some sentences, bold..etc. Is there a way I can do that in the xml file within the string?

My xml looks like that

 <string name="help_summary">Clicking on button (Summary) will result in ((report))</string>

So I want (Summary) to be red color and ((report)) to be bold.

How can I achieve that?

Solution

You can use Html. When you load the string in the textview use:

yourTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(context.getResources().getString(R.string.help_summary)));

And use html in the string, for example:

<string name="help_summary"><![CDATA[Clicking on button <span style="color:red">Summary</span> will result in <b>report</b>]]></string>

Answered By - xtheosirian