How can I make the text in TextView be two different sizes?

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I want to write a line in a TextView where the second word is a quarter of the size of the first word. In my string.xml file I used large and small and it did not work to the extent I want it to. I also tried changing the text size in the main.xml, but it only lets you do that once in a TextEdit. Any ideas?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 13 '11 at 03:11

If what you need is to specify different font sizes for the text in a TextView from XML you can assign a string like this:

<string name="hello"><big><big>Hello Big Text!</big></big>\n<small>Hello small text</small></string>

and use this string in the TextView. Note that the newline is '\n' instead of <br/>

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:text="@string/hello" />

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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Take a look at this question: Is it possible to change the text color in a string to multiple colors in Java?

But instead of ForegroundColorSpan you should use TextAppearanceSpan or AbsoluteSizeSpan.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Dec 12 '11 at 22:46

inazaruk

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In the java it is possible. I am wondering if I can do it in the xml – Aaron Dec 12 '11 at 23:17
No, you can't. You'll need to use java one way or the other. – inazaruk Dec 12 '11 at 23:29

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 12 '11 at 22:43

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Try using the fromHTML method of the HTML class.

This way you can format the string using basic HTML <font> tags

answered Dec 12 '11 at 22:43

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How can I make the text in TextView be two different sizes?

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