Question

i have a string that will get picked up by an intentExtra in my next class and be set as the text for a multiline TextView. i was wodnering if there is a way to split the text up so they are under eachother, so i have this string:

maint = "Here is some info about nothing." +
                "Some more info about nothing." +
                "And a little more about nothing";

so usually they would be displayed in a textView like this:

Here is some info about nothing. Some more info about nothing. And a little more info about nothing.

is there a way so they would end the line after each one of those separate pieces were written into the TextView

like so:

Here is some info about nothing.
Some more info about nothing.
And a little more about nothing.

it just seems like it would be too much with a separate TextView for each of those separate sentences.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Add a /n to where you want to have a newline.

maint = "Here is some info about nothing.\n" +
        "Some more info about nothing.\n" +
        "And a little more about nothing";

You could also format it using Html. Add a where you want a newline.

maint = "Here is some info about nothing.</br>" +
        "Some more info about nothing.</br>" +
        "And a little more about nothing";

If you format it with HTML, you need to parse it first before passing it to the textview:

myTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(maint));