Android: html in strings.xml

The best way to add html source code in strings.xml is to use <![CDATA[html source code]]>. Here is an example:

<string name="html"><![CDATA[<p>Text</p>]]></string> 

Then you can display this html in TextView using:

myTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.html)));

If you have links in your html and you want them to be clickable, use this method:

myTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

Here's most of the examples. I don't think the pre tag is supported.

This is the strings.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>    <string name="app_name">Formatting</string>    <string name="link"><b>Hello World</b> This is a test of the URL <a href="http://www.example.com/">Example</a></string>    <string name="bold"><b>This text is bold</b></string>    <string name="emphasis"><em>This text is emphasized</em></string>    <string name="sup">This is <sub>subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup></string></resources>

Here's the layout. Note for the link to actually be clickable, there's a bit of extra work needed:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent"    android:layout_height="fill_parent">    <LinearLayout        android:layout_width="fill_parent"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:orientation="vertical">        <TextView            android:id="@+id/test1"            android:linksClickable="true"            android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:layout_margin="12dp"            android:text=""            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>        <TextView            android:id="@+id/test2"            android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:layout_margin="12dp"            android:text=""            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>        <TextView            android:id="@+id/test3"            android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:layout_margin="12dp"            android:text=""            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>        <TextView            android:id="@+id/test4"            android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:padding="12dp"            android:text=""            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>    </LinearLayout></ScrollView>

Finally, the code:

TextView test1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.test1);Spanned spanned = Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.link));test1.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());test1.setText(spanned);TextView test2 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.test2);test2.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.bold)));TextView test3 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.test3);test3.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.emphasis)));TextView test4 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.test4);test4.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.sup)));

String.xml can contains HTML entities, like so:

<resources>    <string name="hello_world"><span></string></resources>

In your code: getResources().getString(R.string.hello_world); will evaluate to "<span>". You can use this HTML formatted text like this:

TextView helloWorld = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.hello_world);helloWorld.setText(Html.fromHtml(getString(R.string.hello_world)));