Question

Just a quick question:
Do you know why i can do that:

pnrCode = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.pnr);
        SpannableString pnrContent = new SpannableString("PNR: ");
        pnrContent.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), 0, pnrContent.length(), 0);
        pnrCode.setText(pnrContent + BookingSettings.getBookingSegment().substring(0, 6));

The text is not underlined.

Whereas, if i do only that:

  pnrCode = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.pnr);
            SpannableString pnrContent = new SpannableString("PNR: ");
            pnrContent.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), 0, pnrContent.length(), 0);
            pnrCode.setText(pnrContent);

The text is underlined.

I have to create two textview ?
Do you know another solution ?

Any help is appreciated 😉

Answer 1

I have to create two textview ?

No.

pnrContent + BookingSettings.getBookingSegment().substring(0, 6) is probably going to give you a String back, as I believe the + operator will convert both sides to String objects, then perform the concatenation. Hence, you will lose your formatting.

Instead, use new SpannableString("PNR: "+ BookingSettings.getBookingSegment().substring(0, 6));, and set the length of the UnderlineSpan as needed.