Compulsory asterisk in Android TextView

Question

I want to show mandatory fields using TextView which includes red colored asterisk

My Output

Required Output

I tried modifying the code, but didn't get the expected result.

My Code:

public void setCompulsoryAsterisk() {
    txt_name="Name : ";
    String colored="*";
    SpannableStringBuilder strBuilder=new SpannableStringBuilder();
    strBuilder.append(txt_name);
    int start=strBuilder.length();
    strBuilder.append(colored);
    int end=strBuilder.length();
    strBuilder.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.RED), start, end, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    txtName.setText(strBuilder);
}

Answer 1

Try Something Like This:

string = "<font color='#000000'>Name </font>" + "<font color='#FF0000'>*</font>" + "<font color='#000000'>:</font>";
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml(string));

Answer 2

You can use an unicode to show asterisk in textView like

Name* :

<TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="Name"/>

<TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="\u002A"
 android:textColor="color/red"/>

<TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text=" :"/>