Custom view subclass of Android TextView widget that allows you to use HTML string resources (for better localisation). Development of Millthorn's answer with CDATA tag in this stackoverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1529068/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-styles-inside-a-textview His(Her?) solution required you to programmati…

HtmlTextView.java

package com.fitc.views;

import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.content.Context;
import android.text.Html;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.TextView;

/**
 * Created by Jon on 3/01/2015.
 */
public class HtmlTextView extends TextView {
    public HtmlTextView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public HtmlTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public HtmlTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    @TargetApi(21)
    public HtmlTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
    }

    @Override
    public void setText(CharSequence s,BufferType b){
        super.setText(Html.fromHtml(s.toString()),b);
    }

}

main_layout.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <com.fitc.views.HtmlTextView
        android:id="@+id/html_TV"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/example_html" />
        
</LinearLayout>

strings.xml

<string name="example_html">
  <![CDATA[
    <b>Author:</b> Mr Donuthead<br/>
    <b>Contact:</b> [email protected]<br/>
    <i>Donuts for life </i>
  ]]>
</string>