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How to add new lines to description of OSMbonuspack marker?

I am using the OSMbonuspack to create markers and want to add a description with separate lines. However, a normal new line character (\n) does not work. So I am wondering if it is even possible to do this. But it seems to be such a common thing, so I would expect, that there is a possibility to do so. I tried the following code, but the newline character has no effect:

Marker playgroundMarker = new Marker(mapView);
playgroundMarker.setPosition(new GeoPoint(latitude, longitude));
playgroundMarker.setTitle(title);
playgroundMarker.setSubDescription("first line\nsecond line");

This results in the following description: first line second line instead of:

first line
second line

At the moment my only solution is to use separate the description in two. Using the first part as a snippet (playgroundMarker.setSnippet(...)) and the second part as a description (playgroundMarker.setSubDescription(...)). But there should be a better way.

Any ideas?

Solution

  • Both snippet and subdescription support html tags. So this will do the job: 

    playgroundMarker.setSubDescription("first line<br>second line");