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How to add a line break in an Android TextView?

I am trying to add a line break in the TextView.

I tried suggested \n but that does nothing. Here is how I set my texts.

TextView txtSubTitle = (TextView)findViewById(r.id.txtSubTitle);
txtSubTitle.setText(Html.fromHtml(getResources().getString(R.string.sample_string)));

This is my String: <string name="sample_string">some test line 1 \n some test line 2</string>

It should show like so:

some test line 1
some test line 2

But it shows like so: some test line 1 some test line 2.

Am I missing something?

Solution

  • ok figured it out: 

    <string name="sample_string"><![CDATA[some test line 1 <br />some test line 2]]></string>

    so wrap in CDATA is necessary and breaks added inside as html tags