Change text color of one word in a TextView

Question

I am looking for a way to change the color of a text of a single word in a TextView from within an Activity.

For example, with this:

String first = "This word is "; String next = "red" TextView t = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textbox); t.setText(first + next); 

How would I change the color of the next text to red?

Answer 1

Easiest way I know is to just use html.

String first = "This word is "; String next = "<font color='#EE0000'>red</font>"; t.setText(Html.fromHtml(first + next)); 

But this will require you to rebuild the TextView when (if?) you want to change the color, which could cause a hassle.

Answer 2

t.setText(first + next, BufferType.SPANNABLE); Spannable s = (Spannable)t.getText(); int start = first.length(); int end = start + next.length(); s.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(0xFFFF0000), start, end, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); 

you have to use spannable this will also allows you to increase some text's size, make it bold etc.... even put in some image.