How to set multiple spans on a TextView's text (clickable and bold)

Question

    mSpannableString = new SpannableString("12:00PM");

    mSpannableString.setSpan(clickableSpan, 0, 7, 0);
    mSpannableString.setSpan(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD), 0, 7, 0);

    TextView textView = new TextView(getContext());
    textView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
    textView.setText(mSpannableString);

    mCancelFrom.setText(getString(R.string.cancel_from_text) + " " + mSpannableString);

i need to set the text to bold and make it clickable. the above code i have written in a dialog. the string "12:00PM" is getting displayed. but there is not bold effect on it and it is not clickable. can you hel me with this?

Answer 1

Try This ,it may be help to you

SpannableString ss = new SpannableString("12:00PM");
    ClickableSpan clickableSpan = new ClickableSpan() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View textView) {
            startActivity(new Intent(SendSMS.this, SendSMS.class));
        }
        @Override
        public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
            super.updateDrawState(ds);
            ds.setUnderlineText(false);
        }
    };
    ss.setSpan(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD), 0, 7, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    ss.setSpan(clickableSpan, 0, 7, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    mCancelFrom.setText(getString(R.string.cancel_from_text) + " " + ss);