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Android: read from assets folder and format the text

I want to read text from assets folder and then format(text size and color) the text and display in text view. I know how to read from assets folder but I don't know how to format the text. This is solution I figured out. But don't know if is the best solution. In my task I have Word documents with some text format and I want to store them (read-only). And then if user what to display this text. Display in the same format as is in the word document.

Solution

  • You can use HTML directly in a textview in Android, so you do not need to use a webview.

    Here is a tutorial for using HTML in an Android textview: http://alvinalexander.com/android/how-show-html-string-in-android-textview-webview

    Also, there seem to be some libraries for handling Word documents under Android:

    But I have never tried them myself.