Add multiple lines to TextView

Question

I have some lines in xml like

<string name="String1">My String 1</string> <string name="String2">My string 2</string> 

and I want to show in action something like My String 1: My string 2

Is it possible to add to the same TextView more than

 <TextView android:text="@string/String1"/> <TextView android:text=": "/> <TextView android:text="@string/String2"/> 

The problem is that if you insert them inside a TableLayout, they are considered cells, and the ":" character is not written next to String1 (it is written in the middle of both rows).

Is it possible to bind a string with only one TextView in xml code (without Java programming)? I mean, is there any syntax for adding lines like

 <TextView android:text="@string/String1+: +@string /String2"/> 

thanks

Answer 1

You cannot do it directly in xml, this is the best you can do:

 <string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have %2$d new messages.</string> Resources res = getResources(); String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.welcome_messages), username, mailCount); 

Answer 2

I am not 100%, but I do not think that it is possible to have more than one android: text in TextView.

If you have three TextViews, you need to add something like String2 (or any kind has " : ":

 android:layout_toRightOf="@id/string1" 

Answer 3

See this related question I asked earlier.

It is not possible to do anything interesting for strings in XML. You need to do this in Java.

Answer 4

Take a look at the API for TableRow :

android:layout_span - Determines how many columns this child should have.

So, I think you could use smth like:

 <TableRow android:layout_span="3"> <TextView android:id="@+id/your_entire_string" /> </TableRow> 

Then in the Activity find the TextView by id and fill in ("My String 1" + ":" + "My String 2").